Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern

38 Anmeldelser

3.7

Længde
6T 7M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art.

One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world’s great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life and for her ironic, playful desire to shock.

Acclaimed bestselling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim’s life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs. Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a male-dominated world. She also explores the ways in which Guggenheim’s image was filtered through the lens of insidious anti-Semitism.

© 2016 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781504718615

Release date

Lydbog: 26. juli 2016

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Sontag: Her Life and Work Benjamin Moser
  2. Just Kids Patti Smith
  3. Michelangelo, God's Architect: The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece William E. Wallace
  4. Life with Picasso Francoise Gilot
  5. The Missing Matisse Pierre H. Matisse
  6. Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Westwood
  7. Picasso and the Painting That Shocked the World Miles J. Unger
  8. The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters: The Tragic and Glamorous Lives of Jackie and Lee Sam Kashner
  9. Vincent van Gogh: A Biography Julius Meier-Graefe
  10. Three Women Lisa Taddeo
  11. Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O’Keeffe Laurie Lisle
  12. Inside Out: A Memoir Demi Moore
  13. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo Hayden Herrera
  14. Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics, and Other Poor Little Rich Girls Marlene Wagman-Geller
  15. Me: Elton John Official Autobiography Elton John
  16. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  17. Finding Me: A Memoir Viola Davis
  18. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Roxane Gay
  19. Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher
  20. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  21. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton
  22. Picasso: Creator and Destroyer Arianna Huffington
  23. Whiskey in a Teacup Reese Witherspoon
  24. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition Bell Hooks
  25. Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World Chris Riddell
  26. Francis Bacon: Revelations Mark Stevens
  27. The Eye: An Insider's Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art: An Insider’s Memoir of Masterpieces, Money, and the Magnetism of Art Philippe Costamagna
  28. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Mark Manson

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis