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By sifting through centuries of European art, this series will find answers to the question: what exactly have artists let themselves in for when they rework some of the greatest poems and stories ever written ?
Is it an act of homage, or rivalry, or translation, or all three at once? And when a poet takes on a painting, is the artistic challenge the same, only in reverse ?
Cry God for painting, dragons or St George ?
Once the Crusaders had brought back from the East news that St George had killed a dragon, writers and artists, led by Italians, fought over the legend as though it were fact – among them Giovanni Bellini, Carpaccio, Raphael, and Paolo Uccello. But which of them did the much-loved English poet U A Fanthorpe go for, and why ?
Speaker(s): |
Mr Graham Fawcett | talks |
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Date and Time: |
1 March 2011 at 10:45 am |
Duration: | Half Day |
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Venue: |
The Course |
Organised by: |
THE COURSE |
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Tickets: |
£35.00 |
Available from: |
info@thecoursestudies.co.uk |
Additional Information: |
visit www.thecoursestudies.co.uk |
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