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caccia
[ kah-chuh; Italian kaht-chah ]
noun
- a 14th-century Italian vocal form for two voices in canon plus an independent tenor, with a text describing the hunt or the cries and noises of village life.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Example Sentences
Lisa Gherardini is the daughter of Lucrezia del Caccia and Antonmaria di Noldo Gherardini, a Florentine nobleman with a distinguished family history.
Instead, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, spoke in general terms about the need for “fraternity,†“justice†and “mercy.â€
Caccia also lauded the Red Mass as a “powerful reminder that justice has to do with something sacred, and that those who practice its administration are at the service of something larger and greater than themselves.â€
The three artworks were Picasso’s “Head of a Woman,†a 1939 work that the Spanish master later dedicated to the Greek people for their resistance to the Nazis; “Stammer Windmill,†a 1905 work by the Dutch painter Mondrian; and a sketch by the 16th-century Italian artist Guglielmo Caccia.
The Caccia sketch was damaged during the robbery and discarded, the suspect told the police.
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