Cante dei Gabrielli
Cante dei Gabrielli di Gubbio (c. 1260 – c. 1335) was an Italian nobleman and condottiero.
Cante de' Gabrielli da Gubbio | |
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| Lord of Gubbio, Podestà of Florence | |
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| Born | 1260 Gubbio, Papal States |
| Died | 1335 Gubbio, Papal States |
| Noble family | Gabrielli di Gubbio |
Biography
Cante was born in
.He is mostly famous for having exiled from Florence
Over the centuries, literati have recognized that Dante's condemnation to exile was the necessary catalyst for what is today regarded as the pre-eminent work in Italian literature, the most important poem of the Middle Ages, and one of the greatest works of world literature.[2][3] Along this line, in 1874 Giosuè Carducci addressed a sonnet to Cante de' Gabrielli, acknowledging his role as the main responsible for Dante's inspiration (A Messer Cante Gabrielli da Gubbio, Podestà di Firenze nel MCCCI).[4]
In the domain of visual arts, Frederic Leighton was reportedly inspired by Cante dei Gabrielli's life when he painted his Condottiere (1871-1872), today at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.[5]
See also
- Palazzo di Cante dei Gabrielli at Gubbio
Notes
- ^ Laurenzi, Fortunato (1931). Ermetica ed Ermeneutica Dantesca. Città di Castello: Scipione Lapi.
- ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. New York: Harcourt Brace.
- ^ Raffa, Guy P. (2009). The Complete Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Divine Comedy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Carducci, Giosuè (1882). Giambi ed Epodi. Bologna: Zanichelli.
- ^ "A condottiere, by Lord Frederic Leighton".
References
- Daniel E. Bornstein. Dino Compagni's Chronicle of Florence. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986
- Thomas Caldecot Chubb. Dante and his world. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966
- William Anderson. Dante the maker. Brooklyn, NY: S4N Books, 2010
