Definition of Corot

1. Noun. French painter of Italian landscapes (1796-1875).

Exact synonyms: Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
Generic synonyms: Painter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corot

Cornus obliqua
Cornus sanguinea
Cornus stolonifera
Cornwall
Cornwallis
Corokia
Coromandel gooseberry
Corona Australis
Corona Austrina
Corona Borealis
Corona Corona
Coronado
Coronaviridae
Coronilla varia
Coropuna
Corot (current term)
Corpus Christi
Correggio
Corregidor
Correra's line
Correus
Corrie
Corriedale
Corrigan's pulse
Corrigan's sign
Corrine
Corrodentia
Corrèze
Corsac fox

Literary usage of Corot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Elbert Hubbard (1902)
"Then comes Corot the joyous, Corot the careless, Corot who had no troubles, ... Corot, singing at his work, unless he was smoking, and if he was smoking, ..."

2. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"They immediately informed Corot, who replied with some embarrassment, and as if vexed ... In the winter of 1872 I was sent on a delicate mission to Corot. ..."

3. Representative Painters of the XIXth Century by N. D'Anvers (1899)
"If Rousseau was the epic, Corot was lyric poet of the Barbizon group. ... Corot has likened Rousseau to an eagle dominating all below from his lonely ..."

4. Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation by William Ernest Henley (1902)
"III Corot is a culmination. On his own ground he may challenge comparison with the greatest. He entered upon his career at a juncture when the classic ..."

5. Sketches of Great Painters by Edwin Watts Chubb (1915)
"No; Corot did not spend all the years of his life in doing what he liked; up to his twenty-sixth year his practical father was trying to make his son a ..."

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