Reading Cy Twombly: Poetry in Paint - Hardcover
by Mary Jacobus
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691170725ISBN-10:069117072XUPC:9780691170725Book Category:Art, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Modern, AmericanSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:2.6015Product ID:SCPSQPFD5S
Reading Cy Twombly: Poetry in Paint
The first book on the central importance of literary sources in the paintings of Cy Twombly
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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691170725ISBN-10:069117072XUPC:9780691170725Book Category:Art, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Individual Artists, Modern, AmericanSize:10.20 x 7.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:2.6015Product ID:SCPSQPFD5S
Mary Jacobus is professor emerita of English at the University of Cambridge and Cornell University, and an Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. She has written widely on visual art, Romanticism, feminism, and psychoanalysis. Her recent books include The Poetics of Psychoanalysis and Romantic Things. She lives in Ithaca, New York, and Cambridge, UK.
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