Selections from the work of twenty-three modern poets, from Emily Dickinson and Gerard Manley Hopkins to Gary Snyder and Leroi Jones, including translations of poems by five European poets.
Art and poetry are combined in this anthology of love poems and masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The volume explores many different types of love - romantic, conjugal, filial, platonic, lost, troubled and ideal. The poems represent the work of more than 150 poets.
A poetry anthology from the Metropolitan Museum of Art which presents glimpses of possiblities beyond everyday existence, from wishes and fantasies to dreams, prophecies and epiphanies. Each poem is presented alongside two works of art.
Beginning with a celebration of childhood and ending with praise for the renewed creativity of age, this giftbook marries poems illuminating the journey of life with art from the collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA. Four paintings from Thomas Cole create the book's framework.
Published in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The effort to match classic and little-known poems with works of art from the various collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has resulted in a spectacular book".--Kirkus Reviews.
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