Sicilian School
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The Sicilian School was a small community of Sicilian and mainland Italian poets gathered around Frederick II, most of them belonging to his imperial court in Palermo. Headed by Giacomo da Lentini, th
The birth of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily
Palazzo dei Normanni, one of the places that hosted Frederick's Magna Curia
De arte venandi cum avibus of Frederick II
Cielo d'Alcamo at the Villa Giulia
Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is wi
Sicilian School
…from the troubadours, however, is the introduction of a kinder, gentler type of woman than that found in their Occitan models; one who was nearer to Dante's madonnas and Petrarch's Laura, though much less characterised psychologically. The poems of the Sicilians hardly portray real women or situations…
Alleged Dante portrait in the chapel of the Bargello palace, Florence.
Dante's house museum in Florence. The house has been significantly altered since Dante's time.
Dante and Beatrice, by Henry Holiday, inspired by La Vita Nuova, 1883
Dante in Verona, by Antonio Cotti, 1879