RUINS
French paperback
Extent: 136 pages
Trim: 19 x 29 cm
9781912475278 (PB)
Price: $30 (PB)
Ruins gathers a series of writings in the form of verses, fragments, and short essays that Gabriele Tinti has dedicated to the “living sculpture of the actor”.
The poet takes as his starting point the tragic sense of death and vacuity that afflicts even those masterpieces we wish to be eternal, seeking to give new life and thought to Graeco-Roman statuary and to all those relics of a now-lost humanity. Through its many forms and varied perspectives, the book explores a distinctive relationship with the ancient world and with the very reasons behind the making of art.
The poet takes as his starting point the tragic sense of death and vacuity that afflicts even those masterpieces we wish to be eternal, seeking to give new life and thought to Graeco-Roman statuary and to all those relics of a now-lost humanity. Through its many forms and varied perspectives, the book explores a distinctive relationship with the ancient world and with the very reasons behind the making of art.