{"id":676,"date":"2021-08-18T19:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swanislepress.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2021-08-19T20:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:34:18","slug":"otd-federico-garci-lorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanislepress.com\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"#OTD&#8230;Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">&#8220;It is thought that Garc\u00eda Lorca was shot and killed by Nationalist militia on 19 August 1936. The author Ian Gibson in his book, The Assassination of Garc\u00eda Lorca, argues that he was shot with three others (Joaqu\u00edn Arcollas Cabezas, Francisco Galad\u00ed Melgar and Di\u00f3scoro Galindo Gonz\u00e1lez) at a place known as the <em>Fuente Grande<\/em> (&#8216;Great Spring&#8217;) which is on the road between V\u00edznar and Alfacar.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cIn my \u2018Saint Sebastian\u2019 I remember you,\u201d Salvador Dali replied to Garcia Lorca, referring to the essay on aesthetics that Dali had just written, \u201c. . . and sometimes I think he is you. Let\u2019s see whether Saint Sebastian turns out to be you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SebastiansArrow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/swanislepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sebastians-Arrows.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanislepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sebastians-Arrows.jpg 576w, https:\/\/swanislepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Sebastians-Arrows-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><em><strong>Sebastian&#8217;s Arrows: Letters and Mementos of Salvador Dal\u00ed and Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca.<\/strong> <\/em><br><br><em>Edited, Translated, Annotated, &amp; Prologue by Christopher Maurer (Boston University) 24 color plates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">This exchange is but a glimpse into the complex relationship between two renowned and highly influential twentieth-century artists. Written between 1925 and 1936, the letters and lectures bring to life a passionate friendship marked by a thoughtful dialogue on aesthetics and the constant interaction between poetry and painting. From their student days in Madrid&#8217;s Residencia de Estudiantes, where the two waged war against cultural \u201cputrefaction\u201d and mocked the sacred cows of Spanish art, Dali and Garcia Lorca exchanged thoughts on the act of creation, modernity, and the meaning of their art. The volume chronicles how in their poetic skirmishes they sharpened and shaped each other\u2019s work\u2014Garcia Lorca defending his verses of absence and elegy and his love of tradition while Dali argued for his theories of \u201cClarity\u201d and \u201cHoly Objectivity\u201d and the unsettling logic of Surrealism. 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