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The Militant Muse Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick
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- 9780500239681
- Book Title
- Militant Muse : Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Art
- Topic
- General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 23.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Farewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five female friendships among the Surrealists to show how Surrealism, female friendship, and the experiences of war, loss, and trauma shaped individual women's transitions from someone else's muse to mature artists in their own right. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the front line. Chadwick draws on personal correspondence between women, including the extraordinary letters between Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini during the months following the arrest and imprisonment of Carrington's lover Max Ernst and the letter Frida Kahlo shared with her friend and lover Jacqueline Lamba years after it was written in the late 1930s. This history brings a new perspective to the political context of Surrealism as well as fresh insights on the vital importance of female friendship to its progress.
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500239681
ISBN-13
9780500239681
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237457037
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Book Title
Militant Muse : Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Art
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
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Nx456.5.S8
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Set within a vividly realized historical context, steeped in psychological perceptions, and richly illustrated, Chadwick's unique look at the women of surrealism deepens our understanding of the movement and the lives of women artists in a time of chaos and catastrophic war. She channels the intensity of these courageous and radical women in stories of astonishing resiliency, camaraderie, complicated love, and creative synergy., Concentrating on the years before, during and after World War II, Ms. Chadwick sets out to address what she calls 'the vexed question of what it had meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men.' She explores five relationships between women ranging from supportive friendships to brief love affairs to lifetime lesbian couplehood... Absorbing... Most of the women in 'Farewell to the Muse' emerge as distinct personalities, perhaps difficult, but interesting to know., Farewell to the Muse is an absorbing story...full of tantalizing, borderline lascivious, yet essential detail. It is a book particularly suited to this moment of re-evaluation of the contributions of women in myriad fields. Chadwick's account... goes a long way to explaining Surrealism. No wonder artists developed unconventional, often dark images, when they lived in a world of shifting social mores, economic uncertainty and, most insidious of all, war on an inescapable, global scale.
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
709.04063
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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