ENGL200B Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Metonymy, Jean-Paul Sartre, Free Verse
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2016: h. auden, h. auden (1907 70s) Comes into the public eye fairly early, and never really leaves it. Wrote poetry, artistic criticism, and social criticism. Making a connection between the mythical greek past and his present day. The painting shows that violence can be erased just by everyday goings on. A poem about a painting about a greek mythology story. Auden does not choose to translate it. Beaux arts does not directly translate to fine arts ; it means beautiful . At this time, it was rare to find a modernist painting in these museums, because they weren"t historical yet themselves. Europeans have been curating themselves deciding what they consider the best of. Both holds up the old masters , but also undercuts them. We"re concentrating on the roses and our clothes and the irrelevant details in everyday life when more important things are happening around us.
