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Disarmed: The Story of the Venus de Milo
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9780375415234
- Book Title
- Disarmed : the Story of the Venus De Milo
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Travel, Art, Social Science
- Topic
- Folklore & Mythology, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, History / Ancient & Classical, History / General
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375415238
ISBN-13
9780375415234
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2514357
Product Key Features
Book Title
Disarmed : the Story of the Venus De Milo
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Folklore & Mythology, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, History / Ancient & Classical, History / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Art, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-047464
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The Venus de Milo is probably the most famous sculpture in the worldcontroversial from the first and much written about. InDisarmedGregory Curtis has tripped with delicate balance though the thick mine fields of scholarship and produced and engaging and engrossing book. It makes one want to head right off to Paris, to that long gallery in the Louvre, and have a look again." Larry McMurtry "In plunging us into the mysteries behind the glowing achievement that is the Venus de Milo, Gregory Curtis has created quite an achievement himselfa memorable, fascinating, thrilling book. In vivid prose based on research of great integrity, he makes us see new depths beneath the statue's beauty. He has created a work that will endure in your memory like the statue itself." Robert A. Caro "Fascinating, scholarly, surprising and extremely entertaining". Jan Morris "Disarmedwill be a startling book for readers expecting a dutiful art history lesson about a statue. It is instead a fiery and eccentric story, in whose pages all sorts of unforgettable characters fight for possession not just of the Venus de Milo herself, but of the tranquil, eternal, maddeningly elusive ideal of human perfection she represents." Stephen Harrigan, author ofThe Gates of the Alamo "A fascinating tale admirably told." Rosamond Bernier
Dewey Decimal
733/.3
Synopsis
The Venus de Milo is both a great work of art and a popular icon, and from the moment of her discovery in 1820 by a French naval ensign, she has been an object of controversy. In Disarmed, Gregory Curtis gives us the "life" of this magnificent representation of life. Using memoirs, letters, and official accounts, Curtis takes us up close to events. We see the Venus unearthed by a farmer digging for marble building blocks on the Aegean island of Melos at the moment a young officer and amateur archeologist looking for "relics" happened by. We also see how the island's elders, excited by the Frenchman's offer of money, fought with their Turkish overlords over who owned her. We learn how the French pressed their claim and then, outwitting other suitors, brought her to the Louvre, where she became an immediate celebrity. A passionate researcher, Curtis shows us Europe in the early nineteenth century, caught in the grip of a classical art mania and a burgeoning romantic Hellenism. He sketches a tale of rich historical intrigue, revealing just how far the Louvre was prepared to go to prove it had the greatest classical find of the era. He tells how this resulted in two magisterial scholars, one French and one German, battling over the statue's origins and authenticity for decades. Finally, expanding on accepted research, Curtis offers his own ideas of who carved the Venus and when, and how she appeared in her original setting on the island of Melos. He ends with a tribute to the statue's beauty and eternal appeal. A delightful, illuminating history of one of the most famous artworks of all time.
LC Classification Number
NB163.V6C87 2003
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