It is never found in trecento art, and is probably traceable to the Paduan impulse to make use of classic remains.
The golden simplicity of the trecento yields to a studied effort after dignity of diction, culture of amplitude.
Lorenzo's first essays in poetry were sonnets and canzoni in the style of the trecento.
In so solemn and chastened a spirit could the artists of the trecento conceive of their Republic's deliverance.
And here we have the reverence of the trecento, with its rude handiwork redeemed by its ardent sincerity.
