Tamara De Lempicka: The Queen of Modern

Hardback

Main Details

Title Tamara De Lempicka: The Queen of Modern
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gioia Mori
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:392
Dimensions(mm): Height 312,Width 209
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9788857209319
ClassificationsDewey:759.38
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Skira
Imprint Skira
Publication Date 11 July 2011
Publication Country Italy

Description

The definitive catalogue on the first woman artist to be a glamour star. A cosmopolitan painter and icon of the Art Deco movement, Tamara de Lempicka created images that became the symbols of an era, "the crazy" 1920s and 1930s. She was possibly that period's most brilliant exponent. Driven by an iron will to achieve, Tamara not only cultivated her artistic talent, he also consciously built an image, that of an elegant and sophisticated woman, the extravagant protagonist of the European high life.

Author Biography

Gioia Mori holds the chair in art history at the Accademia in Venice and is scientific director of Art e Dossier, one of the most authoritative Italian art journals.

Reviews

"Ms. Gioia has delivered a gift for all those who have a passion for art, style, and the great personalities of the 20th century... What is most appealing about this volume is that the intellectual is mixed with the personal, which allows for a very smooth read and segues from a routine biography into a chronicle of an artist and her creativity within her "worlds... At any rate, Tamara de Lempicka: The Queen of the Modern is a book that is destined to become a part of your collection of high quality art books and should be thought of as part memoir and part reference with equal attention paid to both." New York Journal of Books "This beautiful book is a must-have for all art deco lovers and highlights the life of one of the most modern women of our time." VidCat.com -Ms. Gioia has delivered a gift for all those who have a passion for art, style, and the great personalities of the 20th century... What is most appealing about this volume is that the intellectual is mixed with the personal, which allows for a very smooth read and segues from a routine biography into a chronicle of an artist and her creativity within her -worlds... At any rate, Tamara de Lempicka: The Queen of the Modern is a book that is destined to become a part of your collection of high quality art books and should be thought of as part memoir and part reference with equal attention paid to both.- New York Journal of Books -This beautiful book is a must-have for all art deco lovers and highlights the life of one of the most modern women of our time.- VidCat.com