Cy Twombly. Fifty Days At Iliam. A Painting In Ten Parts.
Publisher : Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)
Language : English, German
Hardcover : 17 pages
ISBN-10 : 3549066430
ISBN-13 : 978-3549066430
Condition: Used/Good
Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.
In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.
The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:
Shield of Achilles
Heroes of the Achaeans
Vengeance of Achilles
Achaeans in Battle
The Fire That Consumes All Before It
Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector
House of Priam
Ilians in Battle
Shades of Eternal Night
Heroes of the Ilians
Publisher : Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)
Language : English, German
Hardcover : 17 pages
ISBN-10 : 3549066430
ISBN-13 : 978-3549066430
Condition: Used/Good
Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.
In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.
The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:
Shield of Achilles
Heroes of the Achaeans
Vengeance of Achilles
Achaeans in Battle
The Fire That Consumes All Before It
Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector
House of Priam
Ilians in Battle
Shades of Eternal Night
Heroes of the Ilians
Publisher : Propyläen Verlag; First Edition (January 1, 1979)
Language : English, German
Hardcover : 17 pages
ISBN-10 : 3549066430
ISBN-13 : 978-3549066430
Condition: Used/Good
Slim volume, unpaginated (17 pages), with 10 full-color illustrations. Text is in German and English. Accordion-bound sheets with a plastic cover. First edition, 1979. Illustrated endpapers. Published by Edition Heiner Bastian im Propyläen Verlag, Band V.
In the summer of 1977, Cy Twombly began working on a "painting in ten parts" inspired by Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad. Completed in 1978 and collectively titled Fifty Days at Iliam, these works evoke incidents from Homer's epic poem through Twombly's characteristic fusion of words and images.
The ten large canvases unfold sequentially, resembling a developing narrative. They are titled as follows:
Shield of Achilles
Heroes of the Achaeans
Vengeance of Achilles
Achaeans in Battle
The Fire That Consumes All Before It
Shades of Achilles, Patroclus, and Hector
House of Priam
Ilians in Battle
Shades of Eternal Night
Heroes of the Ilians
