Gongora

by Luis de Góngora y Argote, Pablo Picasso (Editor ), Alan S. Trueblood (Translator)

Picasso, Pablo

Genres: Poetry, Art

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1948

About the author

Luis de Góngora y Argote (11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered to be the most prominent Spanish poets of their age. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorism (Gongorismo). This style existed in stark contrast to Quevedo's Conceptismo.

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book, it's basically a collection of Gongor's shorter poems illustrated by Pablo Picasso and translated into English on the opposing page. So the reader can read the original Spanish text in Picasso's illustration and then follow a decent translation next to it.