Ekphrastic Poetry II is a new installment of the previous Ekphrastic Poetry class. You need not have taken the first class to take this next version. Ekphrastic poetry is written about a real or imagined work of art. It can be a poem revealing the thoughts of Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait or the power in the scraps of a Joseph Cornell collage or the hidden motives of the painter of Henry VIII. In this course, we will look at the artist and the art that inspired a poet, or, in one case, the poem that inspired a famous painting. Included will be works by Tennyson, Holbein, Hopper, Kahlo, Waterhouse, and Cornell. But the real fun will be on the last day of class when those who wish to can share their own ekphrastic poem about a work of art they select early in the course. And the Study Leaders will, too!
((Rebecca Carpenter - Tuesday - CMU))
