Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3791356011 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book explores how Georgia O’Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to her dress, her homes, and her lifestyle. As one of her friends stated, O’Keeffe “never allowed her life to be one thing and her painting another.” This fresh and carefully researched study brings O’Keeffe’s style to life, illuminating how this beloved American artist purposefully proclaimed her modernity in the way she dressed and posed for photographers, from Alfred Stieglitz to Bruce Weber. This beautiful book accompanies the first museum exhibition to bring together photographs, clothes, and art to explore O’Keeffe’s unified modernist aesthetic.This book accompanies the show at the Peabody-Essex Museum, Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style.. The author has attributed some of the most exquisite of these garments to O’Keeffe, a skilled seamstress who understood fabric and design, and who has become an icon in today’s fashion world as much for her personal style as for her art. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes she designed and furnished in New Mexico, the book also includes never before published photographs of O’Keeffe’s clothes
Her publications include Grant Wood: The Regionalist Vision; The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915–1935; and Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories. . Wanda M. Corn is the Robert and Ruth Halperin Professor Emerita in Art History at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA
"Art in Life and Life is Art in brilliant discussion of O'Keeffe's Aesthetic" according to From Iowa. One of the best books I own about O'Keeffe, and I own them all. Author Corn has finally addressed the Art is Life/Life is Art main point about this remarkable American artist. Every book and article I've read on O'Keeffe since the 1960's, every exhibit I've seen, my visits to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, and the obvious relationship between the artist, her work, her environments, and her personal aest. Heather Person said Great View of O'Keeffe. Fascinating details ~ both visuals and text. A very enjoyable book to read.. "great book" according to Amazon Customer. Terrific collection of words and images.
“Living Modern has been organized by the influential historian of early American modernism, Wanda M. Corn, whose depth of research is reflected in an exceptional catalog." -The New York Times"Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is an outstanding addition to the body of knowledge pertaining to O’Keeffe, presenting her in an entirely new and fresh dimension: her realm of fashion and lifestyle." -New York Journal of Books