{"title":"Fernando Zóbel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFernando Zóbel's works explore the rich intersections between \u003cstrong\u003epoetry, painting\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the nuances of cultural expression. Readers can delve into his unique perspectives, where literary art meets visual creativity, offering profound insights into both disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles such as \u003cem\u003eZóbel Reads Lorca – Poetry, Painting, and Perlimplín In Love\u003c\/em\u003e, his collection invites an appreciation of the arts through thoughtful analysis and vivid reflections, appealing to those passionate about \u003cstrong\u003earts \u0026amp; culture\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"zobel-reads-lorca-poetry-painting-and-perlimplin-in-love-by-christopher-maurer-9781736189337","title":"Zóbel Reads Lorca – Poetry, Painting, and Perlimplín In Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cherished erotic play by Federico García Lorca, illustrated by a major Spanish artist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePainting, poetry, and music come together in \u003cem\u003eZóbel Reads Lorca\u003c\/em\u003e, as Fernando Zóbel, a Harvard student who would become one of Spain’s most famous painters, translates and illustrates Federico García Lorca’s haunting play about the wounds of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe premiere of \u003cem\u003eAmor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín\u003c\/em\u003e, an “erotic allelujia” which Lorca once called his most cherished play, was shut down in 1928 by Spanish government censors who confiscated the manuscript and locked it away in the pornography section of a state archive. Lorca rewrote the work in New York, and an amateur theatre group brought it to the Spanish stage a few years later. Since his death, the play has also been transformed into ballet and opera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eZóbel Reads Lorca\u003c\/em\u003e presents Zóbel’s previously unpublished translation and features contextual essays from several scholars. Art historian Felipe Pereda studies Lorca in the context of Zóbel’s development as a painter, Luis Fernández Cifuentes describes the precarious and much-debated state of the humanities in Zóbel’s Harvard and throughout the United States in the 1940s, and Christopher Maurer delves into musical and visual aspects of the play’s American productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461810372844,"sku":"9781736189337","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781736189337-z-bel-reads-lorca-poetry-painting-and-perlimpl-n-in-love.jpg?v=1774978322"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/fernando-zobel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}