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trecento [trey-chen-toh; Italian tre-chen-taw] ExamplesWord Origin noun (often initial capital letter)
- 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 numbersRelated formstre·cen·tist, noun Examples from the Web for trecento Historical Examples of trecento
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
In so solemn and chastened a spirit could the artists of the Trecento conceive of their Republic’s deliverance.
Edmund G. Gardner
And here we have the reverence of the Trecento, with its rude handiwork redeemed by its ardent sincerity.
Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter
British Dictionary definitions for trecento trecento noun
- the 14th century, esp with reference to Italian art and literature
Derived Formstrecentist, nounWord Origin for trecento C19: shortened from Italian mille trecento one thousand three hundred