Giovanni di Paolo was influenced by many great artists in trecento and quattrocento Italy. The Rossi Codex included music by Jacopo da Bologna, the first famous Trecento composer. The madrigal of the Trecento flourished ca. The Trecento Madrigal is an Italian musical form of the 14th century. The principal forms were the Trecento madrigal, the caccia, and the ballata. There were three main forms for secular works in the Trecento. He passed his youth at Naples enjoying the aesthetic pleasures of the Italian "trecento". It was the most popular among the styles of the early Trecento artistic period. Still, this episode reflects the difficulties and uncertainties of dating all Trecento sources. The Duecento was followed by the beginning of the Italian Renaissance during the Trecento. There this period was often referred to as "Trecento".