After the decline of the Western Roman Empire in 476, economic disorder and disruption of trade spread across … See more

Quattrocento art shed the decorative mosaics typically associated with Byzantine art along with Christian and Gothic media, as well as styles in stained glass, frescoes, illuminated manuscripts and sculpture. Instead, Qu… See more

Since the Quattrocento overlaps with part of the Renaissance, it would be inaccurate to say that a particular artist was Quattrocento or Renaissance. Artists of the time probably would not have identified themselve… See more

• Duecento – the 13th century in Italian culture
• Trecento – the 14th century in Italian culture
• Cinquecento – the 16th century in Italian culture… See more

• Pope-Hennessy, John & Kanter, Laurence B. (1987). The Robert Lehman Collection I, Italian Paintings. New York, Princeton: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Princeton University Press. ISBN 0870994794. … See more

The dictionary definition of quattrocento at Wiktionary See more