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Picture poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1790 Collections and/or Records:

Temple, n. (after Claude Lorrain) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-11912-12134
Scope and Contents

Temple, according to Finlay's definition, signifies a sacred place or a place menaced by bailiffs. The accompanying image is taken after Claude Lorrain's "Landscape with Apollo." The poem refers to the buiding housing Finlay's artworks, "Temple" and seizure of these works by bailiffs because of a local tax dispute. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Temple, n / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12088-12312
Scope and Contents

Temple denotes the exhibition space at Finlay's residence. The caption under an image of a Greek temple includes a definition, a quote from The Metamorphosis of Ovid, and the storming of Finlay's Temple by the Strathclyde region tax collectors who launched a surprise attack on Budget day, March 15, and successfully looted the garden TEMPLE. The definition is "a marbled edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit of reason." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Temple of Apollo Facade / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-12148-12372
Scope and Contents

This depicts the proposed view of Finlay's Garden Temple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Temple of Apollo/Saint-Just / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12608-12840
Scope and Contents

This reproduces a photomontaged drawing of a neo-classical temple with a landscape background built in Finlay's garden. The accompanying poem makes reference to Claude [Lorain?]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Temple of Bara / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12454-12681
Scope and Contents

Commemorates Joseph Bara, the little drummer boy who was shot by Royalists for shouting "long live the revolution" instead of "long live the king" during the French revolution. The image is a post-modern temple or bandstand in which the columns are composed of interrupted side drums in relief. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Terra Cotta / Skaggs, Steven., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-34858-36567
Scope and Contents

The images and the letterpress printed poem of the two prints are identical but the calligraphic words, "terra cotta" have different colored hues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Terror/Virtue, 1983

 Item — Box 184: [Barcode: 31858072459542]
Identifier: CC-12419-12646
Scope and Contents

The leaflet provides an explanation for the image on the medal. Virtue is signified by two classical columns and terror by the two posts of the Guillotine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

That Time of Year / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-42853-44894
Scope and Contents

The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks appears to be a scene taken from Finlay's Little Sparta garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

That's Not Art That's Illustration, 1999

 Item — Folder 73: [Barcode: 31858072538089]
Identifier: CC-32247-33805
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a human-like dog with a handwritten text that decries the designation "artist" to many contemporaries. The poem concludes, "The only people left who seem to be artists are illustrators. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Aeronaut Prince Eugen / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35199-36933
Scope and Contents

This card depicts a somber, black and white photograph of a pond surrounded by grass and plants. The poem accompanying the photograph reads, "sank - somehere - here An effigy - now - of itself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Anaximander Fragment / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Dwight, Harvey., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-11777-11996
Scope and Contents

Quotations from various philosophers are printed on the left hand page and landscape photographs on the right hand page to constitute the two elements on a picture poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

The Bad Breath of Modern Poetry / Ferlinghetti, Lawrence., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-10777-10987
Scope and Contents

The image depicts the poet's interpretation of the visual consequences of poorly written, modern poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Badger Poets / Cohen, David ; Mason, Roger ; Phillips-Smith, Elizabeth ; Phillips-Smith, Tony ; Pickering, Frank., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-17387-17752
Scope and Contents

Each poem is presented both conventionally and visually with calligraphic text on opposing pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981