During the years before his death in 1918 Apollinairea s reputation as poet and artistic animateur approached legendary proportions. This book is the first to present an extensive reassessment of Apollinairea s role in the promotion of themes and iconography amongst his painter friends. Detailed analysis of the poetic subject matter of selected works of Dufy, Delaunay, de Chirico, Laurencin, Marcoussis, Metzinger, Picabia and Picasso is used to reconstruct the responses of these artists to Apollinairea s artistic and aesthetic proclivities. Drawing attention to the poeta s immersion in the...