Writing Art - French Literary Responses to the Work of Alberto Giacometti (Paperback, New edition)

The Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti participated in Parisian literary and cultural circles from the early meetings of the Surrealists to existentialism and the diverse currents in art and poetry that followed. Numerous writers were inspired to respond to his sculpture, drawing, painting and publications during his lifetime and after his death in 1966. This book considers examples of poesie critique devoted to Giacometti's work by major French poets and thinkers from Andre Breton to Yves Bonnefoy. Through close readings of key texts, it discusses the extent to which each writer has succeeded in overcoming the dichotomy between a text and its visual stimulus that so often leads to a hierarchical relationship. Many of these writers focus on the materiality of Giacometti's works of art and of the written word. Examination of their writings thus allows new understandings of poesie critique and ekphrasis to be developed.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts, 14
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Emma Wagstaff
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	220
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911871-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	3-03-911871-4
Barcode:	9783039118717

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