Spain's Raphael Alberti, now 95, is one of the great poets of the 20th century. Each of the poems here is inspired by one of three different elements of painting--the painter, the colors, or the tools. This bilingual edition features the poems in their original Spanish with English translations alongside. Includes 16 full-color reproductions of many of the paintings referred to in the poems.
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Spain's Raphael Alberti, now 95, is one of the great poets of the 20th century. Each of the poems here is inspired by one of three different elements of painting--the painter, the colors, or the tools. This bilingual edition features the poems in their original Spanish with English translations alongside. Includes 16 full-color reproductions of many of the paintings referred to in the poems.
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Add this copy of To Painting: Poems to cart. $36.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press.
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Very Good jacket. Evanston. 1997. Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0810113511. Translated & With An Introduction by Carolyn L. Tipton. 251 pages. hardcover. Signed by the Translator. keywords: Europe Spain Literature Poetry Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-Each of the poems in this book is inspired by one of three different elements of painting: the painter, the colors, or the instruments used in creating the painting. The poems on colors take the form of numbered lists, each item of which names either a use to which a certain painter has put the particular color, a specific shade taken by the color in painting or in nature, or an association the poet has with the color. Sometimes the items are written in Alberti's voice, but just as often it is the color addressing the reader, sketching its own self-portrait. The poems dedicated to the various tools a painter uses take the form of traditional sonnets. Each sonnet begins with the words 'To you' and is written as a sort of extended toast to instruments and concepts like the paintbrush, the palette, proportion, and perspective. The third group of poems, those dedicated to painters, is dramatically varied. Almost every poem takes a different form, as Alberti imitates through his words the style of the painter he is addressing. 'Giotto, ' for example, is written as a medieval lauda, while 'Picasso'-a tribute to Alberti's longtime friend and the painter to whom he dedicates this book-is freeform, with words spaced over the page in an unconventional manner. In this bilingual edition, the poems in their original Spanish are presented alongside the English translations. inventory #25987.
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