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Piezas sobre arte
«Piezas sobre arte» reúne los textos de Paul Valéry (1871-1945) sobre artes plásticas, textos en modo alguno académicos en los que se cruzan la literatura y la música, y en los que se configura un mundo tan complejo como brillante. Alguno de ellos se ha convertido en un clásico, así sucede, por ejemplo, con el que dedica a Degas, pero no le van a la zaga aquellos que escribe sobre Corot, Manet o Berthe Morisot, sin olvidar los que se ocupan del aspecto material del arte, sea éste la escultura o la cerámica. Con la publicación de «Piezas sobre arte», «La balsa de la Medusa» continúa la edición de la prosa completa del poeta, una obra en la que la poesía, la música y el arte de nuestro tiempo encuentran perspectivas diferentes, aproximaciones inéditas de extraordinarios rigor y pureza.
- GenresArt
282 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1962
About the author
Paul Valéry
620 books477 followersAmbroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (October 30, 1871 - July 20, 1945 ) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.
His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his fiction (poetry, drama and dialogues), he also wrote many essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.
Valéry is best known as a poet, and is sometimes considered to be the last of the French Symbolists. But he published fewer than a hundred poems, and none that drew much attention. On the night of 4 October 1892, during a heavy storm, Paul Valéry entered an existential crisis, which made a big impact on his writing career. Around 1898, his writing activity even came to a near-standstill, due partly to the death of his mentor Stéphane Mallarmé and for nearly twenty years from that time on, Valery did not publish a single word until 1917, when he finally broke this 'Great Silence' with the publication of La Jeune Parque at forty-six years of age. This obscure but superbly musical masterpiece, of 512 alexandrine lines in rhyming pairs, had taken him four years to complete, and immediately secured his fame. It is esteemed by many in France as the greatest French poem of the 20th century.
His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his fiction (poetry, drama and dialogues), he also wrote many essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.
Valéry is best known as a poet, and is sometimes considered to be the last of the French Symbolists. But he published fewer than a hundred poems, and none that drew much attention. On the night of 4 October 1892, during a heavy storm, Paul Valéry entered an existential crisis, which made a big impact on his writing career. Around 1898, his writing activity even came to a near-standstill, due partly to the death of his mentor Stéphane Mallarmé and for nearly twenty years from that time on, Valery did not publish a single word until 1917, when he finally broke this 'Great Silence' with the publication of La Jeune Parque at forty-six years of age. This obscure but superbly musical masterpiece, of 512 alexandrine lines in rhyming pairs, had taken him four years to complete, and immediately secured his fame. It is esteemed by many in France as the greatest French poem of the 20th century.
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September 13, 2024
I primi articoli e saggi sono carini, anche interessanti, ma non mi avevano particolarmente colpito.
Poi, improvvisamente, da metà libro la qualità esplode attraverso una serie di scritti davvero memorabili.
Come ricorda Pontiggia nella postfazione questi sono Saggi "sull'Arte" perché danzano sopra di essa, le ruotano attorno.
Ed con questa danza attraverso le arti (la pittura, l'incisione, il canto, la danza, il teatro, la poesie, l'architettura, ecc.) Valéry realizza uno stupendo ritratto di se stesso.
Poi, improvvisamente, da metà libro la qualità esplode attraverso una serie di scritti davvero memorabili.
Come ricorda Pontiggia nella postfazione questi sono Saggi "sull'Arte" perché danzano sopra di essa, le ruotano attorno.
Ed con questa danza attraverso le arti (la pittura, l'incisione, il canto, la danza, il teatro, la poesie, l'architettura, ecc.) Valéry realizza uno stupendo ritratto di se stesso.
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