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Orphism
Term
coined
by
Guillaume
Apollinaire
c.
1912
to
refer
to
the
work
of
several
painters
in
Paris.
He
applied
it
to
a
new
kind
of
joyously
sensuous
art,
whose
roots
were
in
Cubism
and
which
had
a
tendency
towards
abstraction.
The
word
orphique
had
been
used
by
the
Symbolists
and
originated
in
the
Greek
myth
of
Orpheus,
who
was
significant
as
the
ideal
artist
for
the
Symbolists.
In
1907
Apollinaire
had
written
a
collection
of
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Orphism
Term coined by Guillaume Apollinaire c. 1912 to refer to the work of several painters in Paris. He applied it to a new kind of joyously sensuous art, whose roots were in Cubism and which had a tendency towards abstraction. The word orphique had been used by the Symbolists and originated in the Greek myth of Orpheus, who was significant as the ideal artist for the Symbolists. In 1907 Apollinaire had written a collection of quatrains under the title Bestiaire ou cortège d’Orphée (Paris, 1911), with woodcuts by Raoul Dufy, into which he incorporated the figure of Orpheus as a symbol of the poet and the artist in general. For Apollinaire, however, as for the generation of Symbolists who preceded him, the myth of Orpheus meant the study of mystic, occult and astrological sources, which gave rise to artistic inspiration. ‘The voice of light’, which he described in his Orphic poems, was a metaphor, common in mystic texts, for ‘inner experiences’. In a footnote to his volume of poetry he identified the ‘voice of light’ by means of a line drawing, although it was still not fully articulated; once it had totally expressed itself, it would take on colour and become painting. The metaphor of light, therefore, represented the artist’s power to create entirely new forms and colours, and in the process referred to the creation myth of hermetic, Orphic texts. Accordingly, Orphism could signify a direct sensuous address by means of colour and light, as well as an innovative creative process.
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