What’s Ekphrasis?

Ekphrasis is the description of a work of art in a literary passage or the representation of any artwork in another medium. The term comes from Greek philosophy and has been used by writers throughout history. Examples include Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” and Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Ekphrasis […]

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