Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

"Instante"

Deixai-me limpo
O ar dos quartos
E liso
O branco das paredes 
Deixai-me com as coisas
Fundadas no silêncio 

Edward Hopper, Morning Sun, 1952

Oil on canvas

28 1/8 x 40 1/8 inches

Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio

Fontes: texto e imagem.

Urban paintings

These are not cityscapes. These are urban landscapes with "spots" of people and dabs of light. Or moving cars.

From peeping through windows  to a bird's eye view: the American city as viewed by Edward Hopper and David Kapp.

 

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942, 30 x 60 in, The Art Institute of Chicago

Edward Hopper, Night Windows, 1928, 29 x34 in, MoMA

 David Kapp, October, 2002, 48 x 59 in,  Alpha Gallery

David Kapp, Go, 2010, 44 x 48 in, Tibor de Nagy Gallery

David Kapp, Blue Intersection, 2008, 50 x 70 in,  Ruth Bachofner Gallery

Leituras em dia

Emily Dickinson - "A Book"

There is no frigate like a book

To take us lands away,

Nor any coursers like a page

 Of prancing poetry.

This traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of toll;

How frugal is the chariot

That bears a human soul!

Edward Hopper, Compartment C, Car 293, 1938

Oil on canvas, 20 x 18 in.

IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York