Pound's Artists Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy

by Richard Humphreys

Product description Ezra Pound, the American poet, spent much of his life in Europe. His poetry and prose conveys a deep interest in the visual arts as he encountered them in London, Paris and Italy. From Chinese calligraphy, medieval architecture and quattrocentro frescoes to Shistler's painting, Vorticist art and teh Parisian avant-garde, Pound's enthusiasm reflects his ambition to rejuvenate Western aethetic and political culture. This book charts the development of Pound's interests in painting, sculpture and architecture in a way that will interest a general as well as a specialist reader. From Publishers Weekly Handsomely illustrated and meticulously researched, this cohesive collection coincides with an exhibition displayed under the same title at London's Tate Gallery. It does not serve as a catalogue, but rather charts, in both chronological and geographical sequence, Pound's influential interest in the visual arts. As the authors discuss in their three essays, from 1908 to 1920 Pound was closely associated with the Vorticist movement, having conceived and defined its principles in Wyndam Lewis's periodical, Blast. Pound also championed the work of the French sculptor Henri Guadier-Brzeska, Edward Wadsworth, Fredrick Etchells, Jacob Epstein and photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn. During the five years Pound lived in Paris he actively sought out "moderns," promoting the work of Francis Picabia, Brancusi and Leger and becoming briefly involved in the Dada movement. The closing essay deals with Pound's esthetics and interest in the artists and patrons of the early Italian Renaissance. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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