Three of Keats' most beloved poems, visually reimagined. This fully illustrated edition creates a single visual narrative from three poems: Bright Star, Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn. Through these three masterpieces, Beauty is Truth explores the poet's longing for the eternal, the ideals that transcend the frailty of the human condition, and affirms the greatest human gift: the capacity for connection to each other.
This artful pocket edition is illustrated by Obvious State Founder, Evan Robertson and is printed in the United States on beautiful premium paper. It makes a great gift for poetry and art lovers alike.
FUN FACT
After being published, he burned all of his older poems.
WHAT MAKES IT AWESOME?
Keats obsessively wrote about life’s fleeting beauty for a scant five years before succumbing to tuberculosis. He was 25.
WHY READ IT?
John Keats is the James Dean of poetry. He was romantic, brilliant, and died tragically young. Despite only publishing 54 poems, he is widely recognized as one of the greats of all time.
DETAILS
Obvious State is a creative studio and publisher founded by Nichole and Evan Robertson in 2011.
We make bold, illustrated editions and fine art drawn from the classics.
Our books and prints are available in our shop and in bookstores and boutiques nationwide.
Our work has been featured at The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Writers Museum, The Emily Dickinson Museum, The Library of Congress, The Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art and more.
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Provocative visuals paired with punctuated language, full of surprising visual metaphors, subtext, and insider nudges that reveal themselves slowly.
Our pocket editions are portable art objects made to collect, share, and inspire moments of quiet reflection in an overstimulated digital world.
We’re drawn to language that has stood the test of time, insights that strike a chord, poetry that stretches the imagination, and philosophy that prompts critical thinking.
