Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Artwords: Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse
    Artwords: Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse
    Artwords: Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse
    Ebook62 pages10 minutes

    Artwords: Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse

    By Charles Ghigna

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Artists and poets from the past come to life in this series of twenty-four portrait poems by Charles Ghigna. Each portrait is written as a personal letter in the literary form known as the apostrophe and preceded by an introductory quote by each subject. Step inside and discover new revelations about your favorite artists and poets as Ghigna presents a series of hints and observations about each of these artists and poets who shaped how we view art and poetry today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateJul 30, 2021
    ISBN9781666703863
    Artwords: Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse
    Author

    Charles Ghigna

    Charles Ghigna (also known as Father Goose) lives in a treehouse in Alabama. He is the author of more than 100 award-winning books for children and adults from Random House, Capstone, Disney, Hyperion, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams, Charlesbridge and other publishers. His poems appear in hundreds of magazines from The New Yorker and Harper's to Cricket and Highlights. He is a former poetry editor of the English Journal and nationally syndicated feature writer for Tribune Media Services.

    Read more from Charles Ghigna

    Related to Artwords

    Related ebooks

    Personal Memoirs For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Art Of Alone Being

      Jul 10, 2020

      The Art Of Alone Being
      6 min read

    • Article

      Behind The Apple

      Nov 24, 2021

      Alex Danchev with Sarah Whitfield (Profile, £30) IN 1946, René Magritte painted his most famous picture, The Son of Man, which shows a bowler-hatted figure in a black overcoat standing ramrod straight in front of a featureless background of sky and

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Fanatic for Paint

      Nov 1, 2021

      A Fanatic for Paint
      4 min read

    • Article

      Walter Sickert

      Nov 26, 2021

      Walter Sickert
      5 min read

    • Article

      Dark Harvest

      Nov 4, 2020

      Dark Harvest
      4 min read

    • Article

      To Make Art Is To Be Human

      Oct 13, 2021

      IN 1950, Ernst Gombrich published The Story of Art. The book was an instant bestseller and was the first to show that there was, indeed, such a thing as a story of art, that artists and movements existed not in isolated moments of time, but as part o

      7 min read

    • Article

      Ten Books Every Creative Person Should Read

      Jul 3, 2019

      Keep them on your desk for those times you need to be reminded that though the creative life might be lonely, you are not alone. The post Ten Books Every Creative Person Should Read appeared first on The Millions.

      5 min read

    • Article

      Edvard Munch Lightens Up

      Aug 11, 2023

      Edvard Munch Lightens Up
      5 min read

    • Article

      What's The Story?

      Jan 20, 2023

      MAKING MARKS, moments and memories as cultural touchstones and pieces of history; art and literature have many similarities, not least because they both create – if not new worlds – then certainly new ways of seeing. Art and literature also have a si

      4 min read

    • Article

      What's The Story?

      Jan 20, 2023

      MAKING MARKS, moments and memories as cultural touchstones and pieces of history; art and literature have many similarities, not least because they both create – if not new worlds – then certainly new ways of seeing. Art and literature also have a si

      4 min read

    • Article

      21 Must-read Art Books

      Nov 27, 2020

      21 Must-read Art Books
      5 min read

    • Article

      Vincent van Gogh

      Jan 21, 2022

      December 1886 – January 1887 Oil on canvas, 41.5x32.5cm Vincent van Gogh painted at least 35 self-portraits during his lifetime and the majority of those were made during his time in Paris. It wasn’t vanity that inspired these reflective studies, but

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Artists’ Artist

      May 1, 2022

      The Artists’ Artist
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Lives Of Artists

      Sep 27, 2023

      The Lives Of Artists
      6 min read

    • Article

      One April Day

      Jun 4, 2018

      One April Day
      3 min read

    • Article

      Sargent In Spain

      Sep 1, 2022

      Sargent In Spain
      6 min read

    • Article

      John Craxton

      May 14, 2021

      John Craxton
      4 min read

    • Article

      Real Isms

      Feb 1, 2023

      Real Isms
      6 min read

    • Article

      Off The Wall: Van Gogh’s Art Comes To Life In Immersive Exhibit

      Aug 18, 2021

      The high-tech, multimedia, immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Los Angeles prompts reflection about what constitutes “authentic” art.

      5 min read

    • Article

      First Impressions

      Dec 29, 2021

      First Impressions
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Artwords

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Artwords - Charles Ghigna

      Artwords

      Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse

      Charles Ghigna

      Artwords

      Artists & Poets: Portraits in Verse

      Copyright ©

      2021

      Charles Ghigna. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers,

      199

      W.

      8

      th Ave., Suite

      3

      , Eugene, OR

      97401

      .

      Resource Publications

      An Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers

      199

      W.

      8

      th Ave., Suite

      3

      Eugene, OR

      97401

      www.wipfandstock.com

      paperback isbn: 978-1-6667-0384-9

      hardcover isbn: 978-1-6667-0385-6

      ebook isbn: 978-1-6667-0386-3

      08/03/21

      Table of Contents

      Artwords
      ~ The Artists ~
      Claude Monet
      Edgar Degas
      Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
      Henri Matisse
      Mary Cassatt
      Edouard Manet
      El Greco
      Vincent Van Gogh
      Pablo
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1