Abstract expressionism techniques in John Ashbery’s "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror"
Other Title(s)
تقنيات التعبيرية التجريدية في جون آشبيري ل (بورتريه ذاتي في مرآة محدبة)
Author
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 218 (30 Sep. 2016), pp.129-146, 18 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education Ibn Rushd for Humanities
Publication Date
2016-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Topics
- Americas
- United States
- Literary style
- Poetry
- Poets
- Abstract expressionism
- Americans
- Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
Abstract EN
John Ashbery (1927-) is one of the most prominent postmodern poets in America who is known for his innovative techniques.
He continues to be the most controversial poet, as he disregards the laws of logic in picturing reality.
Ashbery‘s style is deeply influenced by the experimental methods of modern painting.
He has been mostly associated with Abstract Expressionism that signifies the great progress in the European avant-garde visual art.
The Abstract expressionists often choose to present subjects in graceful distortion, rather than attempt to record life with absolute accuracy.
Ashbery‘s ―Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror‖ is typical of ekphrastic poetry.
It is inspired by a painting which has the same title by the sixteenth-century Italian painter, Francesco Mazzola.
The painting is not a realistic portrait of the painter, for it is deliberately distorted as it would be in a convex reflection.
Ashbery unfolds the essence of postmodern poetry which illustrates the inability of the forms of language to capture the reality beyond the mental image.
Like the Abstract Expressionists, he makes of his poems a depiction of the real workings of the mind which is liberated from all the constraints.
Furthermore, the poem is a verbal depiction of the painting; it assumes and transforms the inner voice of the portrait.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Taha, Asil Abd al-Latif. 2016. Abstract expressionism techniques in John Ashbery’s "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror". Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 218, pp.129-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709071
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Taha, Asil Abd al-Latif. Abstract expressionism techniques in John Ashbery’s "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror". Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 1, no. 218 (2016), pp.129-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709071
American Medical Association (AMA)
Taha, Asil Abd al-Latif. Abstract expressionism techniques in John Ashbery’s "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror". Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2016. Vol. 1, no. 218, pp.129-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-709071
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 140-145
Record ID
BIM-709071