The Poetry Of Sculpture

Poems About Sculpture is a unique anthology of poems from around the world and across the ages about our most enduring art form. Sculpture has the longest memory of the arts: from the Paleolithic era, we find stone carvings and clay figures embedded with human longing. And poets have long been fascinated by the idea of eternity embodied by the monumental temples and fragmented statues of ancient civilizations. From Keats’s Grecian urn and Shelley’s “Ozymandias” to contemporary verse about Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Janet Echelman’s wind-borne hovering nets, the pieces in this collection convert the physical materials of the plastic arts—clay, wood, glass, marble, granite, bronze, and more—into lapidary lines of poetry. Whether the sculptures celebrated here commemorate love or war, objects or apparitions, forms human or divine, they have called forth evocative responses from a wide range of poets, including Homer, Ovid, Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Rilke, Dickinson, Yeats, Auden, and Plath. A compendium of dazzling examples of one art form reflecting on another, Poems About Sculpture is a treat for art lovers of all kinds.

A renowned sculptor from China, Professor Wu Weishan stands out in China's art arena — indeed, in the entire cultural fraternity — with his unique sculpting styles and original theoretical views. His series of creative works that feature China's historical and cultural celebrities showcase his freehand sculpting technique and his concept of the “eight major styles of Chinese sculpture”, which directly challenge the phenomenon of contemporary art steeped so heavily in values derived from Western popular art and Russian realism.This book documents the different stages of Wu Weishan's pursuits, struggles, and creations. It records his dealings with eminent figures in the science, cultural, and art arenas, such as Yang Zhenning, Ji Xianlin, Wu Guanzhong, and Xiong Bingming. His art notes, excerpts from his theoretical essays, and images of some selected sculptures are also included. From here, readers can get a glimpse of an artist's inner world during his growing years — how he devoutly approached life and art against the backdrop of contemporary society and culture./a

Art and Artists: Poems is a sumptuous collection of visions in verse—the work of centuries of poets who have used their own art form to illuminate art created by others. A wide variety of visual art forms have inspired great poetry, from painting, sculpture, and photography to tapestry, folk art, and calligraphy. Included here are poems that celebrate Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, and Grant Wood’s American Gothic. Here are such well-known poems as John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts,” Homer’s immortal account of the forging of the shield of Achilles, and Federico García Lorca’s breathtaking ode to the surreal paintings of Salvador Dalí. Allen Ginsberg writes about Cezanne, Anne Sexton about van Gogh, Billy Collins about Hieronymus Bosch, and Kevin Young about Jean-Michel Basquiat. Here too are poems that take on the artists themselves, from Michelangelo and Rembrandt to Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe. Altogether, this brilliantly curated anthology proves that a picture can be worth a thousand words—or a few very well-chosen ones.

At the gallery, Luna is transfixed by the famous art, but her classmate Finn doesn't seem to want to be there at all. Finn's family doesn't look like the one in Henry Moore's 'Family Group' sculpture, but then neither does Luna's. Maybe all Finn needs is a friend. Join Luna and Finn at the Art Gallery and step inside famous works of art by Van Gogh, Picasso, Jackson Pollock and more! Can you spot all the art?

The Poetry of Vision is the first book to deal with the history of the most influential series of art exhibition to take place in Ireland during the twentieth century. Conceived by Ireland's leading Modernist architect Michael Scott, Ireland played host to a major international exhibition every four years in which the Irish art scene-the establishment and the many artists who could ill-afford a trip to continental Europe-came into contact with international contemporary art and combat the conservative and dying academicism which rejected avant-garde developments in art. The project was rooted in idealism, but quickly and consistently marked mass controversy, reflecting an Irish State that struggled to see itself renewed following the post-war depression of the 1950s. Beyond the uproar, there was the art itself. Rosc continually acted as the main conduit to the Irish public and artistic community on avant-garde developments, tracing the transition from modernism to post-modernism, and managing to place artists such as Picasso and Louis le Brocquy in the same space for the first time, giving a precedence to Irish art that had never before been witnessed. Peter Shortt masterfully details every quarrel and breakthrough to expose the true achievement and significance of the Rosc exhibitions in this exuberantly illustrated book. Based on a dissertation. *** "The first major publication on the often controversial ROSC exhibitions, Peter Shortt is to be applauded for his meticulous, even-handed approach to his topic. 'The Poetry of Vision: The ROSC Art Exhibitions 1967-1988' is a remarkable, authoritative, and immensely significant contribution to Irish art history and its contexts." --�imear O'Connor *** "... Shortt's consistent deployment of archival evidence, interviews, and other primary source material is impressive, as is his thorough knowledge of each of the works shown. Particularly compelling is his coverage of Irish political and cultural skirmishes that occurred around Rosc." --ARLIS/NA Reviews, July 2017 [Subject: Irish Art History, Irish Social History, Irish Studies]

An anthology of poetry and art from sources on six continents.

This is the first book to showcase the work of acclaimed ceramic artist Jennifer McCurdy. Collectors and art enthusiasts will be delighted to gaze at these luminescent forms, lyrically accompanied by the poetry of Jennifer's sister, Wendy Mulhern. Dozens of color photographs, plus a section on evolution and process that's illustrated with forty-five color images, clearly show the depth and brilliance of Jennifer's work. In this collaboration Jennifer and Wendy celebrate art and how it holds things that can't be contained in any other way. These vessels, of porcelain and poetry, resonate with each other, engaging an intimate conversation. The evolution and process section provides insight into both the internal process of artistry and the physical and temporal dedication essential to bringing forth a life's body of work.

Each piece in this socially conscious collection of poetry describes a painting or a sculpture: some, a re-vision of a classic; others, an original work not yet realized. Among the artists whose work is re-imagined are Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Botticelli, Monet, and Rodin. Praise for chris wind's poetry collections "... a top pick of poetry and very much worth considering." Midwest Book Review about dreaming of kaleidoscopes " ... not only dynamic, imaginative verse writing, but extremely intelligent and intuitive insight ..." Joanne Zipay, Judith Shakespeare Company, NYC about Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest "There is anger and truth here, not to mention courage." Eric Folsom, Next Exit about UnMythed