Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures (Essays in the Arts)

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Illustrated
2012
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Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions.

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Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 208
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 25 Nov 2012
ISBN 10: 0691141835
ISBN 13: 9780691141831

Mute Poetry, Speaking Pictures (Essays in the Arts)

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$33.81

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$33.81

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