trecento

[ trey-chen-toh; Italian tre-chen-taw ]

/ treɪˈtʃɛn toʊ; Italian trɛˈtʃɛn tɔ /

the 14th century, with reference to Italy, and especially to its art or literature.

Origin of trecento

1835–45; < Italian, short for mille trecento 1300, hence representing the years 1300–99, dates beginning with these numbers

tre·cen·tist, noun

It is never found in trecento art, and is probably traceable to the Paduan impulse to make use of classic remains.

The Venetian School of Painting |Evelyn March Phillipps
The golden simplicity of the trecento yields to a studied effort after dignity of diction, culture of amplitude.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
Lorenzo's first essays in poetry were sonnets and canzoni in the style of the trecento.

Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature |John Addington Symonds
And here we have the reverence of the Trecento, with its rude handiwork redeemed by its ardent sincerity.

A Little Pilgrimage in Italy |Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter

In so solemn and chastened a spirit could the artists of the Trecento conceive of their Republic's deliverance.

The Story of Florence |Edmund G. Gardner

trecento

/ (treɪˈtʃɛntəʊ) /

the 14th century, esp with reference to Italian art and literature

trecentist, noun

C19: shortened from Italian mille trecento one thousand three hundred