Muse Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9781639361557
  • 03 mei 2022
  • 272 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

The fascinating true stories of thirty incredible muses—and their role in some of art history's most well-known masterpieces.

We instantly recognize many of their faces from the world's most iconic artworks—but just who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Or the burglar in Francis Bacon's oeuvre? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti? Far from posing silently, muses have brought emotional support, intellectual energy, career-changing creativity, and practical help to artists. However, the perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model (usually young, attractive, and female) at the mercy of an influential and older male artist. Could this impression be incorrect and unfair? Is this trope a romanticized myth? Have people embraced, even sought, the status of muse? Most importantly, where would artists be without them? In Muse, Ruth Millington's goal is to re-assess and re-claim that word in a celebratory narrative that takes ownership and demonstrates how outdated the common perception of that word is.

Muse also explores the idea of ‘muse’ in a different way and includes performance artists and celebrities, iconic figures we perhaps haven’t considered before as muses, such as Tilda Swinton and Grace Jones. By delving into the real-life relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalized them, it will expose the influential and active part they have played in contributing to the artwork they inspired, and explore the various ways people have subverted stereotypical ‘muse’ roles.

From job supervisors to homeless men in Harlem, Muse will reveal the unexpected, overlooked, and forgotten models of art history. Through the stories of thirty remarkable lives, from performing muses to muses who have been turned into messages, this book will deconstruct reductive stereotypes of the muse, and reframe it as a momentous and empowered agent of art history.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
03 mei 2022
Aantal pagina's
272

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Ruth Millington
Hoofdillustrator
Dina Razin
Tweede Illustrator
Dina Razin
Hoofduitgeverij
Pegasus Books

Overige kenmerken

Product breedte
160 mm
Product hoogte
28 mm
Product lengte
235 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
160 mm
Verpakking hoogte
28 mm
Verpakking lengte
235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
476 g

EAN

EAN
9781639361557
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 26 euro en 99 cent.
2 - 3 weken
Verkoop door bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door bol
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice

Alle bindwijzen en edities (4)

  • 20,12
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 14,99
    Direct beschikbaar
  • 26,99
    2 - 3 weken Tooltip
  • 11,99
    Uiterlijk 12 juni in huis Tooltip