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Ut pictura poesis

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Ut pictura poesis is a Latin phrase literally meaning "as is painting so is poetry." The statement (often repeated) occurs most famously in Horace's Ars Poetica, near the end, immediately after the "other" most famous quotation from Horace's treatise on poetics, "bonus dormitat Homerus," or "even Homer nods" (an indication that even the most skilled poet can compose inferior verse): Horace meant that poetry (in its widest sense, "imaginative texts") merited the same careful interpretation that was, in Horace's day, reserved for painting. [1]

16 relations: Alexander Pope, Ars Poetica (Horace), Continuity (fiction), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Horace, Laocoön, Latin, Metaphor, Painting, Plato, Plutarch, Poetics, Poetry, Simonides of Ceos, The Rape of the Lock, W. J. T. Mitchell.

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet.

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Ars Poetica (Horace)

Ars Poetica, or "The Art of Poetry," is a poem written by Horace c. 19 BC, in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama.

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Continuity (fiction)

In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the reader or viewer over some period of time.

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era.

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC – November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian).

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Laocoön

Laocoön (Λαοκόων), the son of Acoetes, is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology and the Epic Cycle.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Plato

Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn, in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos,; c. CE 46 – CE 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος) was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.

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Poetics

Poetics is the theory of literary forms and literary discourse.

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Poetry

Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

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Simonides of Ceos

Simonides of Ceos (Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born at Ioulis on Ceos.

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The Rape of the Lock

The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope.

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W. J. T. Mitchell

William John Thomas Mitchell (born March 24, 1942) — known as W.J.T. Mitchell — is the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_pictura_poesis

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