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Read [Gannit Ankori Book] ! Frida Kahlo (Critical Lives) Online * PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Frida Kahlo (Critical Lives) Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions, and ambiguities that riddle
| Title | : | Frida Kahlo (Critical Lives) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1780231989 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
"'I never painted my dreams, I painted my own reality' Frida Kahlo"
Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the myths, contradictions, and ambiguities that riddle her dramatic story. Based on detailed analyses of the artist’s paintings, diary, letters, photographs, medical records, and interviews, the book also assesses Kahlo’s critical impact on contemporary art and culture. Kahlo was of her time, deeply immersed in the issues that dominated the first half of the twentieth century. Frida Kahlo is a succinct and powerfu
Very interesting I was visiting Mexico and heard so much about Frida. This book is a very good description of her life. Loved it. a closer look at Frida's work After seeing the film "Frida" starring Selma Hayek, I wanted to see more of Frida Kahlo's paintings. (I had already been to Mexico City where the guides readily show you Diego Rivera's murals but say nary a word about Frida except when she appears in Diego's works).I am pleased I chose this beautiful and profusely illustrated coff. "A life through portraits" according to Reich Claude. The catalogue for the 2005 Tate exhibition, this book is a complete survey of F.Kahlo's career. Present here are her major portraits (of the Mexican high society as well as of her husband, Diego Rivera) and also her more famous self-portraits. An informative text helps the reader forget all the recent hype surrounding the artist a
Gannit Ankori is professor of art history and theory at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and the author of Palestinian Art, also published by Reaktion Books.
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