The 20th-century muse / Annette and Luc Vezin ; translated from the French by Toula Ballas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vezin, Annette.

Contributor:

Vezin, Luc.

Standardized Title:

Egéries dans l'ombre des créateurs. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Artists--Psychology.

Artists.

Couples--Psychology.

Couples.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Physical Description:

314 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Twentieth-century muse

Place of Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.

Summary:

In the shadows cast by many of the world's greatest artists, one often finds the figure of The Muse: spouse or lover, protector or demon, patron or artist themselves--but always a main source of inspiration. Georgia O'Keeffe with Alfred Stieglitz; Gala with Paul Eluard and then with Salvador Dali; Nico with Andy Warhol; Frida Kahlo with Diego Rivera; Jean Marais with Jean Cocteau; Gena Rowlands with John Cassavetes: every art, from painting to writing to filmmaking to music, has a rich history of these fateful partnerships. What does the artist see in his muse? Why is artistic inspiration so often incarnated by the female form? This illuminating, surprising, and absorbing book, richly illustrated with archival photography, sketches, handwritten letters, paintings, and highly personal ephemera, examines some 24 couples whose pairings have left an indelible mark on 20th-century art. In each case, the authors find, their passion and intimacy proved to be the germ of creation.'

Contents:

The Spark 8

Lou Andreas-Salome / Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke 10

Martha Fleischmann / James Joyce 24

Kathe (Helen Hessel) / Henri-Pierre Roche, Francois Truffaut 36

Lolita McMurray / Charlie Chaplin, Vladimir Nabokov 48

The Perfect Model 64

Dina Vierny / Aristide Maillol 66

Jean Marais / Jean Cocteau 80

Catherine Hessling / Jean Renoir 90

Gala / Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali 100

Josephine Hopper / Edward Hopper 116

Gena Rowlands / John Cassavetes 126

The Eternal Return 138

The Blondes / Alfred Hitchcock 140

Youki / Foujita Desnos, Robert Desnos 150

Giulietta Masina / Federico Fellini 162

Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg 178

The Patroness 194

Peggy Guggenheim / Jackson Pollock 196

Misia Sert / Edouard Vuillard 210

Pannonica de Koenigswarter / Thelonious Monk 220

Mirror Image 232

Frida Kahlo / Diego Rivera 234

Tina Modotti / Edward Weston 246

Eva Hesse / Sol LeWitt, the American Minimalists 262

Georgia O'Keeffe / Alfred Stieglitz 270

Nico / Andy Warhol 284

From the Beyond 296

Robert Cornell / Joseph Cornell 298

Aoki Yoko / Araki Nobuyoshi 310.

ISBN:

0810991543

OCLC:

51446914