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9%OFFEunice Lipton - Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire - 9780801486098 - V9780801486098
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Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire

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Description for Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.

Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death—or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent—and about Lipton herself.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801486098
SKU
V9780801486098
Shipping Time
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99-1

About Eunice Lipton
A distinguished art historian, Eunice Lipton is the author of Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life and, most recently, French Seduction: An American's Encounter with France, Her Father and the Holocaust. She divides her time between New York City and Paris.

Reviews for Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire
A rare alchemy. A melding of art history and autobiography.
Village Voice
Beautifully written—brisk, poignant and humorous. A witty critique of the art historical profession and a sexy, sad memoir with a happy ending. Alias Olympia is the most original art book to emerge from my feminist art generation.
Lucy R. Lippard
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