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Word: quatrocentisteria (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moment of the play?by Maurice Hewlett's Quatrocentisteria, out of a legend of Botticelli?is when the beautiful Simonetta, offering to pose for the painter, comes to his studio, clad only in a cloak. Flinging the cloak from her she reveals herself to him, clothed only in a high-backed chair. Forgetting his love for her in his artistic enthusiasm for her beauty, Botticelli leaps to the canvas and starts violently sketching. It appears, however, that as a matter of fact Simonetta is not concerned so much with passing her beauty on to posterity. Her wants are far more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

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