Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a Moroccan screen behind her.In Blue Arabesque, Hampl explores the allure of this lounging woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era.Hampl's meditation takes us to the Cote d'Azur and to North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugene Delacroix, F.Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield.Returning always to Matisse's ...
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Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a Moroccan screen behind her.In Blue Arabesque, Hampl explores the allure of this lounging woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era.Hampl's meditation takes us to the Cote d'Azur and to North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugene Delacroix, F.Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield.Returning always to Matisse's portraits of languid women, she discovers they were not decorative indulgences but something much more.Moving with the life force that Matisse sought in his work, Blue Arabesque is Hampl's dazzling and critically acclaimed tour de force.
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Good. Size: 5x0x7; Clean pages with general wear from reading and storage. If the dust jacket is present it may have curling, wear, or small tears on the edges. Some books have a bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response!
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Very good. Pages are clean! The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. This is a hardcover copy Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. light shelfwear, inscribed by the previous owner and then signed by the author on the title page. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 215 p. Audience: General/trade.
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New. Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting she saw in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a mysterious Moroccan screen behind her. This woman seemed a welcome secular version of the nuns of Hampl's girlhood, free and untouchable, a poster girl for twentieth-century feminism. In 'Blue Arabesque, ' Hampl explores the allure of that woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the increasing rush of the modern era. Her tantalizing meditation takes us to the Cote d'Azur and North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugene Delacroix, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield. Returning always to Matisse and his obsessive portraits of languid women, Hampl discovers they were not decorative indulgences but surprising acts of integrity. Moving with the life force that Matisse sought in his work, 'Blue Arabesque' is a dazzling tour de force. BEAUTIFUL COPY! ! !
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author as well as Inscribed by her to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife: "For Nick and Elena-A little trip to the South of France! Fondly-Trish."