Mona Poetica.Mona Poetica Diane Shipley DeCillis & Mary Jo Firth firth or frith, Scottish term applied to an arm of the sea, usually an estuary or strait. For Firth of Clyde, see Clyde; for Firth of Forth, see Forth. Gillet Mayapple mayapple (māˈ·aˑ·p Press 408 N. Lincoln Street, Bay City, MI 48708 093241236X $16.50 www.mayapplepress.com Edited by Diane Shipley DeCillis & Mary Jo Firth Gillet, Mona Poetica is the first ever anthology of poems inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's classical and famous artwork, the Mona Lisa Mona Lisa La Gioconda, da Vinci’s enchanting portrait. [Ital. Art: Wallechinsky, 190] See : Beauty, Lasting Mona Lisa enigmatic smile beguiles and bewilders. [Ital. . The poems range from reflections on Leonardo's boyhood, to imagining the voice of Mona herself, to thoughts upon the transcendental relationship between artist and canvas. A delightfully inventive in·ven·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention. 2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative. in·ven and varied tribute to a masterpiece of Western culture and its creator. |
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