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Objects on a Table : Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature
Author: Guy Davenport
Binding: Paperback
Published: 01 October, 1999
ISBN: 1582430357
$12.25
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Objects on a Table : Harmonious Disarray in Art and Literature
by: Guy Davenport
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 
Found Treasure: 
Whatever reason guides our quest for information to discover small treasures, the rewards of finding writing as quiet and yet celebratory as Guy Davenport's OBJECTS ON A TABLE are immeasurable. This small volume of four essays on the intransigence of Still Life paintings and their concommitant relationship to music, philosophy, literature, history, poetry, and simply Life is satisfying on every level. While the art world strains to design the NEW trends/schools/movements that will incite or induce... more info
Secrets of E.A.Poe, DeChirico, apples, redemption, etc:
Originally read as a lecture at the University of Toronto back in 1982, this book is a rich tapestry depicting the strange, wonderful, recondite, unexpected weaving of literature and the time-honored symbolism within the tradition of still-life paintings. But, in exchange for richness and density, we do get an overly wide-roaming array as well as a disarray of topics, not always harmonious in the way they are presented. Many an idea are begun only to be abruptly interrupted by another, equally interesting... more info
This is a book which draws lines in history & art.:
This author is extremely atuned to the historical and literary 'trade routes' by which ideas and techniques are conveyed to our time. If you haven't read his "Geography of the Imagination", you have a treat in store. There are at least two sides to Guy Davenport: one is his 'own work' which consists of stories in a completely unique genre, and the other is his 'detective work' or book worm mode which yield astounding ties from one writer to another, or from painter to writer, or culture to culture. This is... more info
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