 Calligrammes; poèmes de la paix et da la guerre, 1913-1916, by Guillaume Apollinaire; 1918; Paris. #calligrams Visit Takoma Park, Community Center (Address: 7500 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912) to to see my Rose and Poppies Calligram Vispo. What is a caligram/calligram/calligramme? Considered the forefather of surrealism, French writer Guillaume Apollinaire was notable for his typeface and arrangement of words on the page in the tradition of concrete or visual poetry. See his quote below for one definition to the term. CONCLUSION: Check out this LINK. The Calligrammes are an idealisation of free verse poetry and typographical precision in an era when typography is reaching a brilliant end to its career, at the dawn of the new means of reproduction that are the cinema and the phonograph." Comments are closed.
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