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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

Reef Ropes / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35262-36996
Scope and Contents

The poem depicts grids of slightly curved lines on three facing pages with brown, orange and red backgrounds. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Rehearsals of Water in Woods by the Shores / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42851-44892
Scope and Contents

The metaphor in this picture poem is fallen leaves from trees near a shoreline simulating water. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Reinventing the Emblem: Contemporary Artists Recreate a Renaissance Idea / Allison B. Leader, curator ; Leslie K. Baiier, curator ; Neaderland L ; Polkinhorn H ; McCarney S ; Zelevansky P ; Bruskin G ; Dill L ; Hamady W ; Horvitz SR ; Kosuth J ; Rosenberg MR ; Greenaway P ; O'Connell M ; Rothenberg E ; Solomon C ; Weiner L ; Wiley WT ; Colonna F ; Cohen A ; Cumming R ; Gilbert S ; Hammond J ; Higgins EF-III ; Nadin P ; Nagy P ; Nechvatal J ; Tompkins B ; Zelevansky P., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-03675-3740
Scope and Contents

The Emblem poem of the 16th and 17th century consisted of motto, image and verse. In the classification system utilized by the Sackner Archive, emblem poems are designated Picture Poems and consist of title (motto), image and verse on the same page, i.e., a single poem which if presented as facing pages collection of poems and poetry in a book would be designated an Illustrated Book. Examples of contemporary picture poems are those composed by Kenneth Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Reply Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12044-12268
Scope and Contents

Depicts an armored camouflaged tank with questions and a check box superimposed upon it, e.g. "Thank you for your communication, You are not the only big shot around here," etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Resistance / Padin, Clemente., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-60507-12003421
Scope and Contents

This leaflet was taken from the Archive of O!!Zone 1997. Stored in Padin box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Rh 202 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-13013-13305
Scope and Contents

The design resembles an Ex Libris; the illustration in the center is a tank and the surrounding text reads, "If you break faith with me, the strings of your lyre will sound completely out of tune." The lyre was used as a metaphor for a cannon in other Finlay picture poems - tuning of a lyre after Heroclitus or tuning of a cannon as an instrument of destruction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Rhymes for Lemons / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sandeman, Margot ; Huntley, Gordon., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-10809-11019
Scope and Contents

The drawings of ships in this book were done by Margot Sandeman and the calligraphy by Gordon Huntly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Riviere / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35385-37120
Scope and Contents

The image on the cover depicts a flotilla of sailing ships going out with the tide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997