Guittone d'Arezzo
Guittone d'Arezzo | |
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Giorgio Vasari, Six Tuscan Poets (c. 1544); left to right: Guittone, Cino da Pistoia, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri and Guido Cavalcanti. Oil on panel, 132.8 × 131.1 cm (52.2 × 51.6 in). Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota | |
| Born | c. 1235 Arezzo |
| Died | 21 August 1294 (aged 58–59) Florence |
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| Language | Italian (Tuscan dialect) |
| Period | High Middle Ages |
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| Literary movement | Tuscan School |
| Parents | Viva di Michele (father) |
Guittone d'Arezzo (Arezzo, c. 1235 – 21 August 1294) was a Tuscan poet and the founder of the Tuscan School. He was an acclaimed secular love poet before his conversion in the 1260s, when he became a religious poet joining the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 1256, he was exiled from Arezzo due to his Guelf sympathies.