Reading Cy Twombly - Poetry in Paint

Zusatztext "Passionate, informed and thorough." ---Kenneth Baker, The Art Newspaper Informationen zum Autor Mary Jacobus Klappentext Many of Cy Twombly's paintings and drawings include handwritten words and phrases--naming or quoting poets ranging from Sappho, Homer, and Virgil to Mallarmé, Rilke, and Cavafy. Enigmatic and sometimes hard to decipher, these inscriptions are a distinctive feature of his work. Reading Cy Twombly poses both literary and art historical questions. How does poetic reference in largely abstract works affect their interpretation? Reading Cy Twombly is the first book to focus specifically on the artist's use of poetry. Twombly's library formed an extension of his studio and he sometimes painted with a book open in front of him. Drawing on original research in an archive that includes his paint-stained and annotated books, Mary Jacobus's account--richly illustrated with more than 125 color and black-and-white images--unlocks an important aspect of Twombly's practice. Zusammenfassung Many of Cy Twombly's paintings and drawings include handwritten words and phrases--naming or quoting poets ranging from Sappho, Homer, and Virgil to Mallarme, Rilke, and Cavafy. Enigmatic and sometimes hard to decipher, these inscriptions are a distinctive feature of his work. Reading Cy Twombly poses both literary and art historical questions. How

Product details

• Authors: Mary Jacobus, Jacobus Mary
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9780691170725
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17072-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 260 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Painting & paintings, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting