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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060196726
ISBN-13
9780060196721
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2284976
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lives of the Muses : Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Creative Ability, General, Women's Studies, History / General
Genre
Family & Relationships, Art, Social Science, Psychology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-024682
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Francine Prose humanizes nine women who, in some cases, have been idealized beyond recognition. Hurrah for real women., Juicy reading .. a thoroughly researched, highly opinionated series of fascinating double biographies., Prose has done a great service in her just reconsideration of the rather strange, complicated role of the muse., "Rollicking ... Almost too much fun to read." -- Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "Stylish writing ... a clear-eyed view .. cherry-picked examples." -- USA Today "With elegance, eloquence and majesty, Prose has give us a glimpse of the tangled webs of art and Eros." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Refreshing ... a wonderful work of revisionist biography." -- Kirkus Reviews "A wonderful combination of argument and literary portraiture." -- Wall Street Journal "Prose has done a great service in her just reconsideration of the rather strange, complicated role of the muse." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Juicy reading .... a thoroughly researched, highly opinionated series of fascinating double biographies." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "A supple work of cultural history." -- Time magazine "Sad, glamorous and entirely riveting." -- Newsweek "Francine Prose humanizes nine women who, in some cases, have been idealized beyond recognition. Hurrah for real women." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Entertaining ... Prose's indignation, intelligence, scorching wit and critical insight have full play." -- Washington Post Book World "A remarkable book...piquant, intelligent, provocative--and sometimes haunting." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Prose make a remarkable case for the exceptionality of these women in their own right." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Exceptionally well researched ... an elegant study." -- Book Forum "Lively and compassionate" -- Entertainment Weekly "Richly drawn ... Prose approaches the artist-muse relationship with respect and wonder." -- Gotham Magazine "Prose taps into the power of nine in this inspired book." -- Art News "Packed with fascinating details." -- Columbus Dispatch "Smooth smart and altogether engaging." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution, Entertaining . Prose's indignation, intelligence, scorching wit and critical insight have full play.
Dewey Decimal
700.922
Synopsis
In a brilliant, wry, and provocative new book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. In so doing, she illuminates with great sensitivity and intelligence the elusive emotional wellsprings of the creative process. There is no ideal muse, but rather as many variations on the theme as there are individual women who have had the luck, or misfortune, to find their destiny conjoined with that of a particular artist. What are we to make of the relationship between the child Alice Liddell, who inspired Alice in Wonderland, and the Oxford don who became Lewis Carroll? Or the so-called serial muse, Lou Andreas-Salom , who captivated Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud--as impressive a list as any muse can boast? Salvador Dal was the only artist to sign his art with his muse's name, and Gala Dal certainly knew how to market her artist and his work while simultaneously burnishing her own image and celebrity. Lou, Gala, and Yoko Ono all defy the feminist stereotype of the muse as a passive beauty put on a pedestal and oppressed by a male artist. However, it's rare to find an artist and muse who are genuine partners, true collaborators, such as ballerina Suzanne Farrell and choreographer George Balanchine. What do the nine muses chosen by Francine Prose have in common? They were all beautiful, or sexy, or gifted with some more unconventional appeal. All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros. For these artists, the love of--or for--their muses provided an essential element required for the melding of talent and technique necessary to create art., In a brilliant, wry, and provocative new book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. In so doing, she illuminates with great sensitivity and intelligence the elusive emotional wellsprings of the creative process. There is no ideal muse, but rather as many variations on the theme as there are individual women who have had the luck, or misfortune, to find their destiny conjoined with that of a particular artist. What are we to make of the relationship between the child Alice Liddell, who inspired Alice in Wonderland, and the Oxford don who became Lewis Carroll? Or the so-called serial muse, Lou Andreas-Salomé, who captivated Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud--as impressive a list as any muse can boast? Salvador Dalí was the only artist to sign his art with his muse's name, and Gala Dalí certainly knew how to market her artist and his work while simultaneously burnishing her own image and celebrity. Lou, Gala, and Yoko Ono all defy the feminist stereotype of the muse as a passive beauty put on a pedestal and oppressed by a male artist. However, it's rare to find an artist and muse who are genuine partners, true collaborators, such as ballerina Suzanne Farrell and choreographer George Balanchine. What do the nine muses chosen by Francine Prose have in common? They were all beautiful, or sexy, or gifted with some more unconventional appeal. All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros. For these artists, the love of--or for--their muses provided an essential element required for the melding of talent and technique necessary to create art.
LC Classification Number
NX160.P765 2002
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