noun
- a representation of Cupid as a chubby naked child, especially in Renaissance and Baroque art
Usage: art history
Examples
- The ceiling fresco featured several amorini playing among the clouds.
- Renaissance painters often included an amorino in their mythological scenes.
- The marble fountain was decorated with carved amorini holding garlands.
- Art historians study the evolution of the amorino motif in European painting.
- The baroque church displayed beautiful amorini in its ornate decorations.