Cantigas de Amigo

An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry

Essential reading for an understanding of the medieval poetry of Galicia and Portugal.

Antonio García Patiño’s illustrations recreate poems by Martin Codax, Johan Zorro, Pai Soarez de Taveiros, Pero Meogo and other troubadours and jugglers, all of whom describe a woman’s longing for her absent lover in straightforward, risqué poetry.

The traditional elements of this genre are also present: sadness at being abandoned, bucolic images and the ever-watchful mother.
Cantigas de Amigo features nineteen Galician-Portuguese medieval poems illustrated with original paintings by Antonio García Patiño. As Francisco Rico points out in the prologue, Patiño’s work is remarkable for his masterful and intuitive ability to reflect the overall harmony of that universe. Choral chant appeals to him as much as or more than the individual notes. Rather than sketching the colourful or fabulous details of one text or another, the artist’s eye, whilst not scorning them, focuses on the atmosphere suggested by the whole.

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Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo II-
AI FLORES, 
AI FLORES DO VERDE PINO
- Don Denis
Cantigas de Amigo III-
A PASTOR BEN TALHADA
DON DENIS
- Don Denis

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Cantigas de Amigo IV-
LEVANTOU-S’ A VELIDA
- Don Denis
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
Cantigas de Amigo An intriguing combination of original art and medieval poetry
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Essential reading for an understanding of the medieval poetry of Galicia and Portugal.

Antonio García Patiño’s illustrations recreate poems by Martin Codax, Johan Zorro, Pai Soarez de Taveiros, Pero Meogo and other troubadours and jugglers, all of whom describe a woman’s longing for her absent lover in straightforward, risqué poetry.

The traditional elements of this genre are also present: sadness at being abandoned, bucolic images and the ever-watchful mother.
Cantigas de Amigo features nineteen Galician-Portuguese medieval poems illustrated with original paintings by Antonio García Patiño. As Francisco Rico points out in the prologue, Patiño’s work is remarkable for his masterful and intuitive ability to reflect the overall harmony of that universe. Choral chant appeals to him as much as or more than the individual notes. Rather than sketching the colourful or fabulous details of one text or another, the artist’s eye, whilst not scorning them, focuses on the atmosphere suggested by the whole.

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Format: 320 x 250 mm
Pages: 176
Illustrations: 20 original works by the painter Antonio García Patiño
Language: Spanish translation of the original texts in Galician and commentaries by Gema Vallín.
ISBN: 978-84-88526-46-5

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