Yves Bonnefoy, the French poet, is also a literary and art critic. The 16 essays collected here include his writings on art, aesthetics and poetics. His lyrical ruminations range across centuries and cultures, from Byzantium to postwar France, from the paintings of Piero della Francesca to the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti and the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, from the Italian Giorgio Morandi to the American Edward Hopper. Always fascinated in his poetry by the nature of colour and light and the power of the image, Bonnefoy continues to pursue these themes in his discussion of the lure and truth of representation. He sees the painter as a poet whose language is a visual one, and seeks to find out what visual artists can teach those who work with words. More philosophical than historical and more poetic than critical, the essays express Bonnefoy's sympathy for the creative process and his passion for individual works of art.
- ISBN10 0226064441
- ISBN13 9780226064444
- Publish Date 1 November 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 252
- Language English