Marvell's Gallery of Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10418246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles H Hinnant (University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-37 |
| Publication date | 1971-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2859338 |
| OpenAlex | W2320223219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In his biography of Andrew Marvell, Pierre Legouis observed that in 'The Gallery’ Marvell effected a considerable change in the wellknown theme of the image engraved on the lover's heart. ‘That a lover's heart contains his mistress's picture had already been said, among others, by Donne and Carew; but Marvell renovates the hackneyed metaphor by enlarging it. His imagination reveals itself spacious without strain.' Although Legouis pays tribute to the visual quality of Marvell's imagination, he, like other critics, has hardly explored the question to what extent ‘The Gallery’ is indebted for inspiration to pictorial tradition. 'The Gallery’ is particularly significant in this respect, for it is the most explicit illustration in Marvell's poetry of Horace's phrase ut pictura poesis,interpreted for many centuries as an affirmation of the parallelism between the two arts, and of the saying attributed by Plutarch to Simonides: 'painting is mute poetry, poetry a speaking picture.’
Art · Art history · Biography · Literature · Metaphor · Painting · Poetry · Theme (computing · Theology · Tribute · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |