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Góngora y Argote

[ gawng-gaw-rah ee ahr-gaw-te ]

noun

  1. Luis de [lwees de], 1561–1627, Spanish poet.


Góngora y Argote

/ ˈɡɔnɡora i arˈɣote /

noun

  1. Góngora y ArgoteLuis de15611627MSpanishWRITING: poet Luis de (lwis de). 1561–1627, Spanish lyric poet, noted for the exaggerated pedantic style of works such as Las Soledades
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The exhibit features five paintings by Velazquez, including his portrait of the poet Luis de Gongora y Argote from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which was done a year before Velazquez became Philip IV's court painter.

Starting with his own earlier setting of a poem by Luis de Góngora y Argote in a French translation, Mr. Jarrell added three further movements: a German translation, a wholly instrumental impression and, finally, a setting of the original Spanish verse.

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