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5 days ago · Jean Cocteau (born July 5, 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, France—died October 11, 1963, Milly-la-Forêt, near Paris) was a French poet, librettist, novelist, actor, film director, and painter.
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1 day ago · Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, a suburb of Paris, France. Growing up in a bourgeois family, Cocteau was exposed to the arts from a young age, showing early talent in drawing and writing. His father’s suicide when Cocteau was nine left a profound impact on him, and he was raised primarily by his mother.
1 day ago · Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. Author of “Les Enfants Terribles ...
14 hours ago · One of the most significant and influential films in the history of cinema is French director Jean Cocteau’s Orphée (1950), an existential transformation of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus into a profound modern statement about poetry, death, and immortality .
2 days ago · Jean Cocteau, Secrets of Beauty (2024), translated by Juliet Powys, is published by Eris. Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge is on view at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, through 16 September. Lydia Figes is a writer and editor based in London. Lydia Figes Partnership with Unit London 04 July 2024 artreview.com
14 hours ago · The statuesque nudes, the classical compositions, but also an interest in subject matter taken from mythology (for example, the series of drawings «Nessus and Dianeira» from 1920) prevail in Picasso’s works of the time and reflect the “rappel a l’ordre,” a term coined by Jean Cocteau in his book of the same name.
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2 days ago · The first is by Cocteau, the second by Maritain. Cocteau’s reflects some fondness for the Catholic world of his youth without making any commitment about faith’s effect on his films. Cocteau’s letter is nonlinear and artsy, making metaphors for their own sake. It begins, “My dear Jacques, You are a deep sea fish. Luminous and blind.
