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Chiaro Davanzati (died 1304) was an Italian poet from Florence, one of the Siculo-Tuscan poets, who introduced the style of Sicilian School to the Tuscan School. He was one of the most prolific Italian authors before Dante: at least 122 sonnets and sixty-one ''canzoni'' by Chiaro are known, many of them in ''tenzone'' with other poets. Only Guittone d'Arezzo produced more lyrics in the thirteenth century. The Davanzati were an elite family in Florence. Chiaro participated in the Battle of Montaperti in 1260. There is some disagreement as to which of two known Chiaro Davanzatis of Florence might be the poet. One, ''Chiarus f. Davanzati pp. scte Marie Sopr' Arno'', of Santa Maria sopr' Arno, was dead by 1280. Another, ''Clarus F. Davanzati Banbakai'', was a Guelph of San Frediano. He served as captain of Or San Michele in 1294 and died between August 1303 and the spring of 1304.〔Domenico B. Aliberti (1990), "La concezione dell'amore nella tenzone poetica tra Chiaro Davanzati e Pacino di Ser Filippo Angiulieri", ''Italica'', 67:3 (Autumn), p. 319.〕 Both Chiaros were married and had children.〔F. Novati (1885), "Notizie biografiche di rimatori italiani dei sec. XIII e XIV. — Chiaro Davanzati", ''Giornale storico della letteratura italiana'', 5, p. 404–5. The first left behind ''Domina Guida vidua f. et uxor quondam Clari Davanzati pp. Sancte Marie supra Arnum'' (Lady Guida, widow and former wife of Chiaro Davanzati of the ''popolo'' of Santa Maria sopr' Arno), two sons (Martinuccio and Bartolo), and two daughters (Lucia and Lori). A later reference to two sons, Bartolo and Lapo (not mentioned in the earlier document), who were citizens and merchants of Florence, suggests that Lapo had already attained his majority at his father's death.〕 The poet could not have been dead by 1280, for he composed a ''tenzone'' that can be dated to 1283.〔H. Wayne Storey (2004), "Chiaro Davanzati", ''Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia'', Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (London: Routledge), pp. 214–15.〕 Most of Chiaro's work is preserved in the chansonnier Vaticano latino 3793. Topically his poetry is in the Sicilian and Occitan traditions. The chief poets whose influence can be detected are the troubadour Rigaut de Berbezilh and of the Sicilians Giacomo da Lentini, Guido delle Colonne, and Stefano Protonotaro.〔 His style is light and easy (''trobar leu''), and rich in simile. His use of simile, much of it drawn from the Occitan troubadours and medieval bestiaries,〔Kenneth McKenzie (1905), "Unpublished Manuscripts of Italian Bestiaries", ''Periodical of the Modern Languages Association'', 20:2, pp. 384–86. Chiaro was also influenced by the fables Aesop and Phaedrus, containing elements of both, c.f. Kenneth McKenzie (1898), "A Sonnet Ascribed to Chiaro Davanzati and Its Place in Fable Literature", ''Periodical of the Modern Languages Association'', 13:2, p. 214–20.〕 has been criticised as dry, unpoetic, and overused. In the fourteenth century his reputation declined considerably, as his method of elaborating old lyrics fell out of favour.〔He is known to have modelled his poems on works by Guittone, Monte Andrea, and Sordello (McKenzie, p. 210).〕 One of his images, however, that of a child at a mirror (''come 'l fantin ca ne lo speglio smira''), was used even in the Renaissance. Kenneth McKenzie describes Chiaro's "style" as developing over time and containing widely divergent elements under opposing influences:
Though Chiaro has been placed with the ''guittoniani'', followers of Guittone d'Arezzo, before, only in the ''canzone'' ''Valer voria s'io mai fui validore'' does Chiaro address Guittone directly. When deviating from the ''trobar leu'' into more difficult and complex construction he is usually conversing with ''guittoniani'', such as Pallamidesse Bellindoti or Rinuccino, with Monte Andrea, his most common correspondent, or with Finfo del Buono. Chiaro had a correspondence with "Dante" according to the manuscripts, but this is regarded now as probably Dante da Maiano, in 1283. In ''Di penne di paone'' ("Of the peacock's feathers") Chiaro accused Bonagiunta Orbicciani of plagiarising Giacomo da Lentini. In 1267 Chario composed ''Ahi dolze e gaia terra fiorentina'' to reprimand his fellow Florentines on the occasion of their surrendering of power to Charles I of Sicily, whom they made ''podestà'' while the Ghibellines were sent into exile.〔 ==External links== *("Davanzati, Chiaro". ) ((Archived ) 2009-10-31) ''Microsoft Encarta Enciclopedia Online'' (2008). *( Chiaro Davanzati's correspondence with Dante Alighieri ) *(''Quando lo mar tempesta'' by Chiaro Davanzati ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiaro Davanzati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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