Romaine Brooks: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0299298604 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Romaine Brooks: A Life, art historian Cassandra Langer provides a richer, deeper portrait of Brooks’s aesthetics and experimentation as an artist—and of her entire life, from her chaotic, traumatic childhood to the enigmatic decades after World War II, when she produced very little art. Romaine Brooks: A Life introduces much fresh information from Langer’s decades of research on Brooks and establishes this groundbreaking artist’s centrality to feminism and contemporary sexual politics as well as to visual culture. The artistic achievements of Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), both as a major expatriate American painter and as a formative innovator in the decorative arts, have long been overshadowed by her fifty-year relationship with writer Natalie Barney and a reputation as a fiercely independent, aloof heiress who associated with fascists in the 1930s. Best books for public & secondary school libraries from university presses, American Library Association. This provocative, lively biography takes aim at many myths about Brooks and her friends, lovers, and the subjects of her portraits, revealing a woman of wit and passion who overcame enormous personal and societal challenges to become an extraordinary artist and create a life on her own terms
“Langer makes clear that Romaine Brooks was an artist of unusual courage and originality, tracing her development not only as an artist, but as a woman artist and a boldly lesbian artist. This biography includes fascinating material on the many talented, independent, and liberated women in Paris in the 1920s, with Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks at the center of that milieu.”—Jerry Rosco, author of Glenway Wescott Personally: A Biography
"Long overdue exposure to an amazing lesbian artist" according to Gabby's Dad. Fascinating and revealing portrait of an expatriate artist who should be better known. Her palate was simple in its limited shadings and yet her life appears complex and her works prove so deeply satisfying.. Patricia Carlton said a must for "a must for 20th century art lovers" according to Patricia Carlton. great biography of a great artist - a good followup to the earlier one by Meryle Secrest, and gives a slightly different take on Romaine. 0th century art lovers. great biography of a great artist - a good followup to the earlier one by Meryle Secrest, and gives a slightly different take on Romaine. "A must-read!" according to Maria DeGuzman. This is a meticulously researched and refreshingly insightful examination of Romaine Brooks's life in relation to her art. Langer's study illuminates the centrality of Brooks's stoicism and how it influenced her way of dealing with and representing the world she experienced. Langer's book also contributes to a more detailed understanding of the vivid personalities in Romaine Brooks's social circle. -- Dr. María DeGuzmán, author of _Spain's Long Shadow: The Black Legend, Off-Whiteness, and Anglo-American Empire_ and _Buenas Noches, American Culture: Latina/o Aesthetics of Night_.