history. The bleak economic conditions of the late 14th century did not produce buildings that are considered to be part of the Renaissance. As a result, the word Renaissance among architectural historians usually applies to the period 1400 to , or later in the case of non-Italian Renaissances.

Historians often use the following designations:
* Quattrocento During the Quattrocento, sometimes known as the Early Renaissance, concepts of architectural order were explored and rules were formulated.