Incantation. Julie Clarke, 2006
Untitled #8. Julie Clarke, 2006.
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"The use of the alphabet as a potent visual medium can be traced back to medieval times,..."
ReplyDeleteFurther than that, in fact. Concrete poetry has roots that can be traced back as far as ancient Greece, to the second or third century BC.
Appolinaire's concrete poetry was also quite well-known in the 20th century.
Some examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/calligram