The charming painter of Endymion's Sleep, Atala's Funeral and
Chateaubriand's Portrait was also a poet. Thanks to his classical
education, Girodet (1767-1824) was the author of free translations
of ancient Greek and Latin poets. In 1808 he tried the to imitate
and at the same time illustrate the Odes of Anacreon, whose edition
was published posthumously. The Musee du Louvre holds the precious
manuscript of this intense and complex work, in which the poetic
research and graphic invention - compositions or vignettes -
intertwine with the text. Only a facsimile could restore this
organic whole in its integrity. This book reconstructs the history
of the manuscript, the various stages of the project and the
posthumous versions, and analyses the artist's aesthetic sources.
Girodet's handwriting is sometimes difficult to decode, but the
complete transcription allows the reader to appreciate all the
refinements and to rediscover the charm of Anacreontic poetry. Text
in French.
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