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A new translation of poems by the avant garde writer who attempted to synthesize poetry and visual arts. ... Read more

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ASIN: B003DYBLCGTitle: Apollinaire On Art: Essays And Reviews, 1902-1918Publication date: 2001 ... Read more

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Guillaume Apollinaire's only book on art, The Cubist Painters, was first published in 1913. This essential text in twentieth-century art presents the poet and critic's aesthetic meditations on nine painters: Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Marie Laurencin, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp. As Picasso's closest friend and Marie Laurencin's lover, Apollinaire witnessed the development of Cubism firsthand. This collection of essays and reviews, written between 1905 and 1912, is a milestone in the history of art criticism, valued today as both a work of reference and a classic example of modernist creative writing.
In addition to a faithful and fluid translation of Apollinaire's text, Peter Read provides his own scholarly analysis of its importance in the history of modernism. He examines Apollinaire's art criticism, his relationship to the Cubist movement, and, more specifically, the genesis of Cubist Painters through its various revisions and proofs. Supported by all forty-five plates from the original edition, this new volume brings Apollinaire's vitality and vision to life for a new generation. ... Read more

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Geometrical vision for today's generation.
I purchased this book to grasp an understanding about the group of paintersknow as the Cubists.Sure we all know about Picasso and his cubist phases.But I wanted a discourse on the other members of the group.
This book is wonderfully translated by Peter Read from the original 1913 printing by Guillaume Apollinaire.Apollinaire witnessed the blossoming and development of the Cubist movement firsthand.His writings not being the quinessential Cubist "history" book nonetheless is quite an enjoyable read.
Being a close friend of the Cubists he brings an aire of what each of the members of the group brought to the movement.At times his writing is poetic and even dramatic. A prose style incorporating anecdotes and lyrical passeges.And that is the fresh perspective which this montage brings. ... Read more

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Guiilaume Apollinaire, a leading figure amongst the young writers and artists in France until his death in 1918, published 'Alcools', his first book of poems, in 1913. With its wide range of verse forms and contrasting registers of style, 'Alcools' had a considerable influence on Surrealist poetry. The poems provide a splendid example of the lyrical art in which the paradoxes of Apollinaire are held in high poetic tension. The editor's introduction and notes take place in the 20th Century and explain allusion and difficulties in the text. ... Read more

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Excellent collection of some of Apollinaire's best poetry from early in the 20thcentury=in French ... Read more

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Guillaume Apollinaire, pseudonyme de Wilhelm Albert Wlodzimierz Apollinary de Waz-Kostrowicki (1880-1918), est un des principaux poètes français du début du XXe siècle, auteur notamment du Pont Mirabeau. Il pratique le calligramme (terme de son invention désignant ses poèmes écrits en forme de dessins et non de forme classiques en vers et strophes). Il est le chantre de toutes les avant-gardes artistiques, notamment le cubisme, poète et théoricien de L’Esprit Nouveau, et précurseur du surréalisme dont il a forgé le nom. Entre 1902 et 1907, il travaille pour divers organismes boursiers et commence à publier contes et poèmes dans des revues. Autres titles de cet auteur sont: L’Hérésiarque et Cie (1910), Alcools (1913) et Les Trois Don Juan (1914). ... Read more

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Hospodar is an ancient Rumanian title for the equivalent of a governor or prince.The hero is the wealthy and handsome Prince Vibescu, who migrates from Bucharest to Paris in his pursuit of beautiful women - and finds them in full measure, in fact more than he had bargained for.

The outrageous amorous adventures of the Balkan prince, ranging from the brothels of Paris to the bath-houses of the Orient during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, constitute a remarkable and memorable erotic tour de force - obviously written with tongue in cheek, in the style of the "underground novels" so popular in Victorian times. ... Read more