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- Alias Olympia : a Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire
- Publication Name
- Alias Olympia
- Title
- Alias Olympia
- Subtitle
- A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0801486092
- EAN
- 9780801486098
- ISBN
- 9780801486098
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art
- Topic
- Women, Individual Artists / General, Criticism & Theory, Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Release Date
- 21/01/1999
- Release Year
- 1999
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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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.
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Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801486092
ISBN-13
9780801486098
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153506
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alias Olympia : a Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Individual Artists / General, Criticism & Theory, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
16 Oz
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Nd553.M3l56 1992b
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College Graduate Student
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"Think of Alias Olympia as a Canterbury Tale; a life-story told on a pilgrimage. It is an exploration in a dizzying variety of senses, from her laborious attempt to unearth the real life of her subject to reflections on her own childhood and career to the igniting effect of the feminist movement to musings on the fact that Victorine and Eunice have a common etymology, both signifying 'triumph.' Alias Olympia stands for part of the truth . . . but its humanity is entire."-Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times, "I greatly admire both the energy and revelations of Eunice Lipton's private-eye pursuit as she searched for traces of Victorine Meurent. Inscribing her own history as well as imaginatively elaborating upon fragments of this unknown woman artist's life gave Lipton's work a profound subjectivity that added to the pleasure of reading an excellent 'detective story' on desire, always alas poignant for women who want to be themselves. Lipton's book touched me personally."--Julia Kristeva, Universit de Paris, VII, 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., "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, Women's Review of Books, 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., "Scholarly research-as-usual is converted into a cliffhanger . . . a pioneering attempt to fashion a counter--or post-academic self in print. . . . Alias Olympia will Liptonize art historians in the popular imagination."--Art in America, "The elegance and clarity of Lipton's prose make Alias Olympia a joy to read. . . . Significantly advances our knowledge about lesbians in the visual arts."--Lambda Book Report, In this wonderfully digressive blend of art history and autobiography, Eunice Lipton chronicles her search for Victorine Meurent, the model for two of Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, 'Olympia' and 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.' In the end, and much to the reader's delight, Lipton has done what she set out to do: rescue Victorine Meurent from history. It is a marvelous recovery., "Scholarly research-as-usual is converted into a cliffhanger . . . a pioneering attempt to fashion a counter-or post-academic self in print. . . . Alias Olympia will Liptonize art historians in the popular imagination."-Art in America, "Suspenseful as a detective novel by Simenon, Alias Olympia rewards the reader at every turn."--Harriet Shorr, SUNY Purchase, "Alias Olympia is an inspiration, to art historians and to students of art history at any level. Lipton's revelations about the profession of art history and the particulars of her engagement in it as a human being, as a woman, and as a feminist are a pleasure, poignant at many times, to read. The writing is direct and vivid, and the reader gets a fascinating view of the terrors and rewards of research, the scholar's insecurities and skills, and the interweaving of an individual's life and her work. Lipton's book is of great value because much of what she says as well as the way she says it-personally, humanly-goes publicly unsaid in academia, in art history, and in feminist scholarship. Alias Olympia dismantles the all too often deadening conservatism of art history and offers new ways of thinking and writing about the history of art."-Joanna Frueh, The University of Nevada, "Think of Alias Olympia as a Canterbury Tale; a life-story told on a pilgrimage. It is an exploration in a dizzying variety of senses, from her laborious attempt to unearth the real life of her subject to reflections on her own childhood and career to the igniting effect of the feminist movement to musings on the fact that Victorine and Eunice have a common etymology, both signifying 'triumph.' Alias Olympia stands for part of the truth . . . but its humanity is entire."--Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times, "Alias Olympia is an inspiration, to art historians and to students of art history at any level. Lipton's revelations about the profession of art history and the particulars of her engagement in it as a human being, as a woman, and as a feminist are a pleasure, poignant at many times, to read. The writing is direct and vivid, and the reader gets a fascinating view of the terrors and rewards of research, the scholar's insecurities and skills, and the interweaving of an individual's life and her work. Lipton's book is of great value because much of what she says as well as the way she says it--personally, humanly--goes publicly unsaid in academia, in art history, and in feminist scholarship. Alias Olympia dismantles the all too often deadening conservatism of art history and offers new ways of thinking and writing about the history of art."--Joanna Frueh, The University of Nevada, Think of Alias Olympia as a Canterbury Tale; a life-story told on a pilgrimage. It is an exploration in a dizzying variety of senses, from her laborious attempt to unearth the real life of her subject to reflections on her own childhood and career to the igniting effect of the feminist movement to musings on the fact that Victorine and Eunice have a common etymology, both signifying 'triumph.' Alias Olympia stands for part of the truth... but its humanity is entire., "In this wonderfully digressive blend of art history and autobiography, Eunice Lipton chronicles her search for Victorine Meurent, the model for two of Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, 'Olympia' and 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.' In the end, and much to the reader's delight, Lipton has done what she set out to do: rescue Victorine Meurent from history. It is a marvelous recovery."-New York Times Book Review, "I greatly admire both the energy and revelations of Eunice Lipton's private-eye pursuit as she searched for traces of Victorine Meurent. Inscribing her own history as well as imaginatively elaborating upon fragments of this unknown woman artist's life gave Lipton's work a profound subjectivity that added to the pleasure of reading an excellent 'detective story' on desire, always alas poignant for women who want to be themselves. Lipton's book touched me personally."--Julia Kristeva, Université de Paris, VII, "Eunice Lipton's Alias Olympia is the one book I would give a non-academic friend or lover or a U.S. Senator to explain the rigors and rewards of art historical investigation, as well as research in other esoteric humanities fields. Lipton's reading from it at the University of Virginia (where I previously taught) is the only time I have ever seen graduate students weep during a public lecture. It's hard to write anything smart, significant, and new about a central icon of the modernist canon. It's amazing that Lipton has done all of the above and revealed an emotional life that scholarship conventionally conceals."--Judith Wilson, Yale University, Scholarly research-as-usual is converted into a cliffhanger... a pioneering attempt to fashion a counter--or post-academic self in print.... Alias Olympia will Liptonize art historians in the popular imagination., "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, Women's Review of Books, "I greatly admire both the energy and revelations of Eunice Lipton's private-eye pursuit as she searched for traces of Victorine Meurent. Inscribing her own history as well as imaginatively elaborating upon fragments of this unknown woman artist's life gave Lipton's work a profound subjectivity that added to the pleasure of reading an excellent 'detective story' on desire, always alas poignant for women who want to be themselves. Lipton's book touched me personally."-Julia Kristeva, Université de Paris, VII, "The elegance and clarity of Lipton's prose make Alias Olympia a joy to read. . . . Significantly advances our knowledge about lesbians in the visual arts."-Lambda Book Report, "Suspenseful as a detective novel by Simenon, Alias Olympia rewards the reader at every turn."-Harriet Shorr, State University of New York, Purchase, "Eunice Lipton's remarkable study combines personal history and archival history in a literate and provocative way. in this story of a nineteenth-century painter-model, or rather, the search for the woman who posed for Manet's most famous painting, Lipton combines the search for self in the Bronx with the search for documentation about this most intriguing of models. It is the conjunction of these intertwined quests that makes the book at once poignant and to the point."--Linda Nochlin, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, "In this wonderfully digressive blend of art history and autobiography, Eunice Lipton chronicles her search for Victorine Meurent, the model for two of Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, 'Olympia' and 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.' In the end, and much to the reader's delight, Ms. Lipton has done what she set out to do: rescue Victorine Meurent from history. It is a marvelous recovery."-New York Times Book Review, "I greatly admire both the energy and revelations of Eunice Lipton's private-eye pursuit as she searched for traces of Victorine Meurent. Inscribing her own history as well as imaginatively elaborating upon fragments of this unknown woman artist's life gave Lipton's work a profound subjectivity that added to the pleasure of reading an excellent 'detective story' on desire, always alas poignant for women who want to be themselves. Lipton's book touched me personally."-Julia Kristeva, Universit de Paris, VII, The elegance and clarity of Lipton's prose make Alias Olympia a joy to read.... Significantly advances our knowledge about lesbians in the visual arts., "Suspenseful as a detective novel by Simenon, Alias Olympia rewards the reader at every turn."-Harriet Shorr, SUNY Purchase, "Eunice Lipton's remarkable study combines personal history and archival history in a literate and provocative way. in this story of a nineteenth-century painter-model, or rather, the search for the woman who posed for Manet's most famous painting, Lipton combines the search for self in the Bronx with the search for documentation about this most intriguing of models. It is the conjunction of these intertwined quests that makes the book at once poignant and to the point."-Linda Nochlin, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, "In this wonderfully digressive blend of art history and autobiography, Eunice Lipton chronicles her search for Victorine Meurent, the model for two of Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, 'Olympia' and 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.' In the end, and much to the reader's delight, Lipton has done what she set out to do: rescue Victorine Meurent from history. It is a marvelous recovery."--New York Times Book Review
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2013
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