FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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By monarchy
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New life
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Banquet
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Detailed explanation-1: -La vita nuova, (Italian: “The New Life”) work written about 1293 by Dante regarding his feelings for Beatrice, who comes to represent for Dante the ideal woman.
Detailed explanation-2: -Beatrice was Dante’s literary muse and inspiration for the Divine Comedy. At the age of nine Dante met Beatrice for the first time and immediately fell in love with her. He did not see her again until exactly nine years later in 1283.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Dante, he first met Beatrice when his father, Alighiero di Bellincione, took him to the Portinari house for a May Day party. They were both nine years old at the time, though Beatrice was a few months younger.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante meets Beatrice at Ponte Santa Trinità, by Henry Holiday, 1883. This iconic painting by Henry Holiday depicts the fatal moment in which Dante meets his beloved Beatrice on the banks of the Arno in Florence near the Ponte Vecchio.
Detailed explanation-5: -“Beatrice looks up to God, and her eyes mirror Heaven. Dante looks into that mirror and finds himself gradually carried up above.” Another fascinating reference to Beatrice’s eyes comes in Canto 22 of the Paradiso. At this point in his pilgrimage, Dante is much closer to final blessedness and his vision is clearer.