Arpino


Gerald (Peter) born 1928, U.S. choreographer.
Historical Examples

Above the altar is the finest fresco in the basilica, the Ascension by Arpino, 1600.
Rambles in Rome S. Russell Forbes

Caravaggio and his followers were mere naturalists; Arpino and his scholars pure idealists.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6) Luigi Antonio Lanzi

His father had been a native of Arpino, but Giuseppe himself was born in Rome.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 Various

The territory of Arpinum, now Arpino, was in the Volscian mountains.
Plutarch’s Lives, Volume II Aubrey Stewart & George Long

The family had been long settled at Arpinum, now Arpino, a Volscian town.
Plutarch’s Lives, Volume IV Aubrey Stewart

Similar methods of construction are found at Tusculum and in a gateway at Arpino.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 Various

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