trecento

American  

[trey-chen-toh, tre-chen-taw] / treɪˈtʃɛn toʊ, trɛˈtʃɛn tɔ /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

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

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trecento British  

/ treɪˈtʃɛntəʊ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• trecentist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of trecento

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

Example Sentences

At the close of the fourteenth century, S. Catherine of Siena sustained the purity and "dove-like simplicity" of the earlier trecento style, with more of fervor and personal power than any subsequent writer.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The difficulties under which even the best Italian authors labor while using their own language, incline them to an exaggerated admiration for these pearls of the trecento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The fêtes champêtres of the Venetian masters are here anticipated in the prose of the trecento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The accessories, the antique reliefs, the low wall, the distant buildings, have an allegorical meaning underlying each one, and common to trecento and, in a less degree, to quattrocento art.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March

Both of them used rosy tints in the flesh, with greenish and yellowish shadows, both recall the older artists of the "trecento" in the perspective, which is often incorrect, and out of proportion.

From Fra Angelico by Scott, Leader