{"product_id":"sunlight-on-the-river-isbn-9783791354774","title":"Sunlight on the River","description":"The world’s great poets interpret the world’s great art in this exquisite book that investigates the connection between art and words, deepening our understanding of both. The poet and the artist share a special kind of vision—an ability to see and penetrate the very essence of their subjects. This volume features poems by writers who turned to paintings for their inspiration, as well as paintings by artists who based their works on poems. Stretching across centuries and styles,\u003cbr\u003ethis collection includes Rossetti’s haunting sonnet based on\u003cbr\u003eBotticelli’s Primavera; Wallace Stevens’s \"The Man with the Blue\u003cbr\u003eGuitar,\" a masterful meditation on an iconic painting by Picasso;\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams’s joyous interpretations of scenes by\u003cbr\u003eBreughel; and Adrienne Rich lending a compassionate voice\u003cbr\u003eto the subject of Edwin Romanzo Elmer’s The Mourning Chair.\u003cbr\u003eThese and other pairings appear as elegant texts facing full\u003cbr\u003epage, glowing illustrations of the paintings. An introduction\u003cbr\u003eto some of the greatest poets and painters in history, this\u003cbr\u003eremarkable book makes a perfect gift, offering compelling\u003cbr\u003einsights into the worlds of art and literature, and the relationship\u003cbr\u003ebetween the two.\"The intertwining of the visual and the literary is the underlying basis for this provocative and thoughtful anthology . . . What is undeniable is the pleasure in slowly sifting through Gutterman’s choices . . . Gutterman has been brooding, he  says, on the associations between poetry and the visual arts for 30 years, and his choice is both intriguing and captivating. It makes us look more intensely, feel — and think.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eArt Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"This book would make a charming gift for a literary sort with an eye for art, or vice versa. Art ranges from Vermeer to Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko and Larry Rivers. The poets flow from Shakespeare to William Carlos Williams and Rainer Maria Rilke.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eStarTribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"[T]here are so many unexpected delights: a six line poem by Wislawa Szymborska on Vermeer’s \u003ci\u003eThe Milkmaid\u003c\/i\u003e is both austere and joyfully optimistic. Anne Sexton’s quietly screaming riffs on mortality connect with intimate passion to Van Gogh’s \u003ci\u003eThe Starry Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eArt Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Prestel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301326147813,"sku":"NP9783791354774","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9783791354774.jpg?v=1767737537","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/sunlight-on-the-river-isbn-9783791354774","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}