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surqrised · 2 days
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I have sea foam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
Jean Cocteau, Le testament d’Orphée
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departmentofinteriors · 6 months
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jean cocteau’s home
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DEATH AND STATUES
During the war, in October 1941, the pro-Nazi Vichy government decreed that statues "without artistic or historical importance" could be torn to pieces by the Germans in order to reuse the metal.
In December, the photographer Pierre Jahan, taking considerable risks, photographed them, piled up in a courtyard in Paris, in the 12th arrondissement, ready to leave for the foundries.
Jean Cocteau was so enthusiastic about those photographs that he decided to publish them in a book, writing the text himself.
Just over a hundred pages, the illustrated volume was published at the end of the war, in 1946, and republished several times. It is one of the most beautiful, saddest and most engaging photographic books ever made, just look at the photos of the dying alligators or the discouragement of the young orphan of the other statues of his family. I don't think it has ever been published in other countries. It can be found online at decent prices. There is also a first edition with a dedication by Cocteau for 1,200 euros.
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anthonysperkins · 8 months
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The Orphic Trilogy dir. Jean Cocteau: Testament of Orpheus (1960) Orpheus (1950) The Blood of a Poet (1930)
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eyesaremosaics · 6 months
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Jean Cocteau sculpting his own head in wire 1925
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boyst3lla · 7 months
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Jean Cocteau (b. 1889-d. 1963), studies of the male figure
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filmswithoutfaces · 7 months
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Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bête) 1946 | Jean Cocteau
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topcat77 · 11 months
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Jean Cocteau
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resqectable · 2 months
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I have sea foam in my veins, I understand the language of waves.
Jean Cocteau, Le testament d’Orphée
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jareckiworld · 7 months
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Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) — Orpheus Mirror [gilt bronze, ca. 1950]
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mariographique · 2 months
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Vitraux contemporains et leurs reflets / Contemporary stained glass windows and their reflections par Mario Castonguay
Vitraux de Jean Cocteau captés à l’église Saint-Maximin de Metz, France
Stained glass windows by Jean Cocteau captured at Saint-Maximin Church in Metz, France
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atomic-chronoscaph · 9 months
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Beauty and the Beast - art by Jean-Denis Malcles (1946)
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anthonysperkins · 8 months
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Enrique Riveros as the Poet The Blood of a Poet (1930) dir. Jean Cocteau
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larevuedecinema · 4 months
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creativespark · 10 months
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Christopher Smith, Untitled (Cocteau Ceiling), 2021
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fashionlandscapeblog · 4 months
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George Platt Lynes
Jean Cocteau, 1936
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