《Jean Cocteau: Catalog de l'exposition au Center Pompidou》
Author: François Nemer
Publication : Centre Pompidou
Size : 192mm×270mm×25mm
Year of publication: 2003
Number of pages: 413 pp ( 472 figures and illustrations
Language : French
Condition : B
The cover and the text are slightly discolored. There is no other major damage or dirt, and the condition is good.
Slight yellowing around the edges on both cover and inside but in fairly new condition.
Content
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Une rédécouvertee de Cocteau au travers de son oeuvre profondément originale et protéiforme : explorant une multitude de mediums, de la littérature au cinéma, en passant par la poésie, les arts graphiques ou le théâtre, Cocteau est parvenu à insufler à sa quête expressive et anticonformiste une esthétique singulière remarquable, l'unité d'un imaginaire fascinant.
Cocteau explored a variety of media, from literature to film, poetry, graphic art and theatre, and managed to imbue his expressive and anti-establishment explorations with a remarkable, singular aesthetic and a fascinating imaginative unity. His development as a man and as an artist was marked by extraordinary encounters, making him a privileged witness and a genius player in the exuberant creativity of his era.
A rediscovery of Cocteau through his profoundly original and protean work: exploring a multitude of mediums, from literature to cinema, poetry, graphic arts and theatre, Cocteau succeeded in infusing his expressive, anti-conformist quest with a remarkable, singular aesthetic, the unity of a fascinating imagination. His evolution as a man and an artist, punctuated by extraordinary encounters, made him a privileged witness and prodigious player in the teeming creativity of his time.
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