Calligrams - Linear Poetry (Apollinaire vs. Foucault)
Part of the constant search for
the artist is to rediscover new forms of expression. Some use a technique that shows
visualy or audibly, with an even more profound effect on the public.
Apollinaire is considered the
originator of the modern calligram and the direct source for the authors of
calligrams of the “avant-garde” in Europe. Although this can be argued, it must
be recognized that the French author occupies, along with Marinetti, a
prominent role in the visual formalization of poetry.
"Relations between the
drawing and the meaning may be iconic, symbolic or emblematic;" never
arbitrary, although sometimes it may be the case. It is worth emphasizing that,
in any case, graphical structures and writing work