On Eels and Angels
Amelia Rosselli and Francesca Woodman between Devotion and Deconstruction of the Traditional Topoi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2759166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matilde Manara (0000-0003-2148-8562, Collège de France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 560-571 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Italica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-3020 • E-ISSN: 2325-6672 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/23256672.99.4.09 |
| OpenAlex | W4317663539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
By bringing into dialogue the poet Amelia Rosselli and the artist Francesca Woodman, this article will focus on how an intermedial and comparative methodological framework can bring a better understanding of both poetic texts and visual arts. We will reflect on the conflict between devotion and defection of a given media tradition (photography on the one hand, poetry on the other) by analyzing some figures shared by Woodman and Rosselli: the visiting angel and the eel. Such a comparison will allow us to ask ourselves whether the two artists' texts and photographs are as "feminine" as they appear at first sight, as well as to consider the formal procedures through which they achieved or voluntarily failed in the construction of a fixed identity
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Deconstruction (building) · Identity (music) · Literature · Poetry · Sight · The arts · Topos theory · Visual arts · Photography and Visual Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |