Religiosity in masa Lui Brâncuși by Valeriu Anania

ValeriuAnania created a poetic artwork to integrate and represent part of the Romanian cultural heritage. The title of the poem this article seeks to analyze, MasaluiBrâncuși translated as ‘The table of Brâncuși' makes reference to part of the sculptural Ensemble of ConstantinBrâncuși, Masatăcerii translated as: ‚The table of silence'. The sculpted table, as well as the rest of the elements included in the Ensemble of Brâncuși, has been created as an homagial monument honoring the heroes of the First World War. Some researchers believe that Brâncuși's sculptures carry a more profound symbolism, a Christian codification. ValeriuAnania transliterates ContantinBrâncusi's sculpted artwork into a religious literary masterpiece. His representation of the sculpture through verse resembles a frame narrative. Just as Brâncuși encoded a certain symbolism safeguarded by the sculptures apparent signification, Anania encoded the religious element, decoding the symbolism encoded by Brâncuși. This article seeks to bring light upon ValeriuAnania's poem MasaluiBrâncuși, focusing on the de-codification of religious elements. It also means to provide the literary stage with a translated version of the text from Romanian language into English language and with its analysis.ValeriuAnania created a poetic artwork to integrate and represent part of the Romanian cultural heritage. This article seeks to translate and analyze the poem, MasaluiBrâncuși,translated as‘The table of Brâncuși' which makes reference to part of the sculptural Ensemble of ConstantinBrâncuși, Masatăceriitranslated as ‘The table of silence'. The sculpted table, as well as the rest of the elements included in the Ensemble of Brâncuși had been created as an homagial monument honoring the heroes of the First World War. Some researchers believe that Brâncuși's sculptures carry a more profound symbolism, a Christian codification. Valeriu Anania transliterated ContantinBrâncusi's sculpted artwork into a religious literary masterpiece. His representation of the sculpture through verse resembles a frame narrative. Just as Brâncuși encoded a certain symbolism, safeguarded by the sculptures apparent signification, Anania encoded the religious element, representing his own interpretation of the symbolism encoded by Brâncuși. This article seeks to bring light upon ValeriuAnania's poem MasaluiBrâncuși, focusing on the de-codification of the religious elements.