Mute poetry, speaking pictures
Auteur :
Barkan, Leonard
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691141831
Date de publication :
25 nov. 2012
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
539 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions.