Art Poetry, Part 1

Manuel H. Martín | Animation, Romance

2012 | 62 minutes | Spain

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Literature Latin American Studies Culture + Identity Short Films Visual Arts
Synopsis

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration?

Art Poetry is a cross-media project with one main purpose: bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Art Poetry is also a web & mobile app that encourages people to express their feelings by creating their own poems. Poetry is more than words!

List of all the poems:

"Llanto por la muerte de Ignacio Sánchez Mejías" — Federico García Lorca

"Abdenamar y el rey Don Juan" — Anonymous

"Ande yo caliente" — Luis de Góngora

"Rima IV" — Gustavo Adólfo Bécquer

"Canción a las ruinas de Itálica" — Rodrigo Caro

"A una nariz pegado" — Francisco de Quevedo

"Coplas a la muerte de su padre" — Jorge Manrique

"Pura, encendida rosa" — Francisco de Rioja

"Aun, si me fueras fiel" — Angel Ganivet

"Do vas cruel" — Fernando de Herrera

"Soneto XIII" — Garcilaso de la Vega

"Cántico Espiritual" — San Juan de la Cruz

"Receta segura" — Ángel de Saavedra (Duque de Rivas)

"Dicen que no hablan las plantas" — Rosalía de Castro

"Sobre el poder del tiempo" — José Cadalso

"Cantares" — Joan Manuel Serrat

"Canto a Andalucía" — Manuel Machado

"Nocturno" — Rafael Alberti

"Mujeres" — Luis García Montero

"Espera" — José Manuel Caballero Bonald

"La voz cruel" — Manuel Altolaguirre

"Si el hombre pudiera decir" — Luis Cernuda

"Platero y yo (fragmento)" — Juan Ramón Jiménez

"Contigo" — Joaquín Sabina

"Notas para un blues" — Ana Rossetti

"Mi primer bikini" — Elena Medel

"Don Quijote de la Mancha" — Cervantes (1616)

"Los insectos" — Ruben Dario

"El monte de las ánimas" — Gustavo Adólfo Bécquer

"El miserere" — Gustavo Adólfo Bécquer

"Crepúsculo" — José Asunción Silva

"Las hadas" — Jorge Isaacs

"Al mar caribe" — Julio Flórez

"El niño y la mariposa" — Rafael Pombo

"Estar contigo" — José Eusebio Caro

"La música" — Luis Vidales

"Ritornelo" — León de Greiff

Reviews

"The best in Spanish literature, in the shape of short animation films of great beauty." — Señal Colombia

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Martín, Manuel H. (film director)

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Culture + Identity
Latin American Studies
Literature
Short Films
Visual Arts

Keywords
poetry, animation, anthology, sonnet, Luis de Góngora, Gustavo Adólfo Bécquer, Rodrigo Caro, Francisco de Quevedo, Jorge Manrique, Francisco de Rioja, Angel Ganivet, Fernando de Herrera, Garcilaso de la Vega, San Juan de la Cruz, Ángel de Saavedra (Duque de Rivas), Rosalía de Castro, José Cadalso, Joan Manuel Serrat, Manuel Machado, Rafael Alberti, Luis García Montero, José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Manuel Altolaguirre, Luis Cernuda, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Joaquín Sabina, Ana Rossetti, Elena Medel, Cervantes, Ruben Dario, José Asunción Silva, Jorge Isaacs, Julio Flórez, Rafael Pombo, José Eusebio Caro, Luis Vidales, León de Greiff, spanish, spanish language, latin america, latin american cinema, latin american film, ibero america, latin, latinx, latino, latina,,literature, poetry, writing, fiction, books, adaptations, writing, writers, authors, authorship, novels, novellas, short fiction, memoir, biography, autobiography, literati, books, written word, book adaptations, poetry adaptations, english literature, spanish literature, books in translation, books adapted to film, cinematic adaptation, cinema rights, film rights, literary adaptation, literary imagery, literary motif,culture, identity, identity politics, culture wars, left wing, right wing, intersectionality, identity groups, civilization, literacy, humanism, cancel culture, online culture, cultural revolution, cultural diffusion, culture shock, popular culture, pop culture, material culture, cultural capital, cultural assimilation ,visual arts, painting, drawing, printmaking, filmmaking, craft, crafts, architecture, ceramics, photography, video, videomaking, film, conceptual art, installation art, art exhibits, artmaking, photos, videography, sculpting, sculpture, theatre, theater, music, musicmaking, music performance, art styles, art history, plastic arts, fine art, fine arts, visual arts centers, visual arts education, jewelry, jewelrymaking, beaux arts, graphic arts, graphic design, abstract art, art galleries, art gallerist, galleries, gallery, gallerist, gallerists, illustration,short films, short film, short, non-feature, run time, short run time, running time, short running time, live-action short, documentary short, animated short, live-action short film, documentary short film, animated short film; "Art Poetry"; Pragda Films
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DIRECTOR: Manuel H. Martín

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2012

GENRE: Animation, Romance

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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