Cover art for Reading Cy Twombly
Published
Princeton University Press, July 2016
ISBN
9780691170725
Format
Hardcover, 320 pages
Dimensions
25.4cm × 17.8cm

Reading Cy Twombly Poetry in Paint by

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Many of Cy Twombly's paintings and drawings include handwritten words and phrases--naming or quoting poets ranging from Sappho, Homer, and Virgil to Mallarme, Rilke, and Cavafy. Enigmatic and sometimes hard to decipher, these inscriptions are a distinctive feature of his work. Reading Cy Twombly poses both literary and art historical questions. How

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