POETRY AND VISUAL ARTS: The poetic-imagetic and pictorial bond in Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Abstract

The present article deals with the theme of poetry and the visual arts, which interconnect and connect more deeply than they may appear to. Since ancient times, poetry, and visual art (especially concerning images and painting) have been companions, often indivisible. Now, over the centuries, there have been a profusion of authors who aim to touch both arts. Mário de Sá-Carneiro is one of them. Therefore, the subsequent paper will embark on the wide poetic, imagistic and pictorial ocean that is contemplated in the poetics of this figure who marked both poetry and its graphic and pictorial character, breaking the border that separates both arts. This paper will start by questioning: "How do Mário de Sá-Carneiro's verses illustrate the connection between poetry, painting and image?". Thus, it will be possible to ascertain, in the following words, this connection. It will be possible to understand how poetry and painting, or image can connect, arts that since the beginning accompany the human being. For this purpose, authors such as Fernando Cabral Martins, a specialist in modern literature studies and great admire and scholar of Sá-Carneiro, will be addressed.