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Commonly the trecento is considering to be the beginning of the Renaissance in art history. Painters of the ''trecento'' included Giotto Di Bondone , the first to use Perspective in art, as well as Andrea Da Firenze , Simone Martini , Ambrogio Lorenzetti , and Duccio Di Buoninsegna . The trecento was also famous as a time of heightened literary activity, with writers working in the vernacular instead of Latin. Dante , Petrarch and Boccaccio were the leading writers of the age. Dante produced his famous ''La divina commedia'' (The Divine Comedy ), a summation of the medieval worldview, and Petrarch wrote verse in a lyrical style influenced by the Provençal poetry of the Troubador s. In music, the trecento was a time of vigorous activity in Italy, as it was in France, with which there was a frequent interchange of musicians and influences. Distinguishing the period from the preceding century was an emphasis on secular song, especially love lyrics; much of the surviving music is polyphonic, but the influence of the Troubador s who came to Italy, fleeing the Albigensian Crusade in the early 13th century, is evident. Musicians and composers of the trecento included the renowned Francesco Landini , as well as Gherardello Da Firenze , Andrea Da Firenze , Giovanni Da Firenze , Paolo Da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista), Donato Da Cascia , Niccolò Da Perugia , Maestro Piero , Bartolino Da Padova , Giovanni Da Cascia , and Vincenzo Da Rimini . SEE ALSO |