The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis
This article questions the Renaissance, humanist understanding of the Horatian adage, Ut Pictura Poesis, and endeavors to elucidate the specific ways in which a lyric poem can be considered as an object to be looked at. The early modern poetic production of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and of his d...
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| description | This article questions the Renaissance, humanist understanding of the Horatian adage, Ut Pictura Poesis, and endeavors to elucidate the specific ways in which a lyric poem can be considered as an object to be looked at. The early modern poetic production of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and of his distant relation George Herbert (1593-1633) testifies to a crisis of the mimetic and ekphrastic powers of poetry. Written in a period following the iconoclast English Reformation and at a time when the humanist faith in the imitative powers of the artist was starting to splinter, their poetry substitutes a new form of visual materiality for the failing art of mimesis. Interestingly, it may help to account for the sense of awe and reverence we still experience when we behold a poem inscribed within the white “temple” of the page. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3d0c18bc8db491db03f8027afeba9a12025-01-30T13:47:20ZengCentre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"Sillages Critiques1272-38191969-63022016-12-012110.4000/sillagescritiques.4999The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura PoesisAnne-Marie Miller-BlaiseThis article questions the Renaissance, humanist understanding of the Horatian adage, Ut Pictura Poesis, and endeavors to elucidate the specific ways in which a lyric poem can be considered as an object to be looked at. The early modern poetic production of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and of his distant relation George Herbert (1593-1633) testifies to a crisis of the mimetic and ekphrastic powers of poetry. Written in a period following the iconoclast English Reformation and at a time when the humanist faith in the imitative powers of the artist was starting to splinter, their poetry substitutes a new form of visual materiality for the failing art of mimesis. Interestingly, it may help to account for the sense of awe and reverence we still experience when we behold a poem inscribed within the white “temple” of the page.https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4999mimesisGeorge Herbertcalligramearly modern poetryiconoclasmpattern-poem |
| spellingShingle | Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis Sillages Critiques mimesis George Herbert calligram early modern poetry iconoclasm pattern-poem |
| title | The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis |
| title_full | The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis |
| title_fullStr | The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis |
| title_short | The Iconic Word: The Theological and Rhetorical Sources of a New Ut Pictura Poesis |
| title_sort | iconic word the theological and rhetorical sources of a new ut pictura poesis |
| topic | mimesis George Herbert calligram early modern poetry iconoclasm pattern-poem |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4999 |
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