| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Dedication; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Author's Preface; Part One: Models and The Times; Chapter 1: Anonymous Lives; Chapter 2: Colour Lines; Part Two: Chasing Beauty; Chapter 3: International Ideals; Chapter 4: Academic Dilemmas; Chapter 5: Modern Realities; Chapter 6: Bloomsbury Doorsteps; Part Three: Unconventional Women; Chapter 7: The Quiet Canvas; Chapter 8: The Club Scene; Chapter 9: Wives and Mistresses; Part Four: War and Art; Chapter 10: Echoes from the Front; Chapter 11: The Distaff Side of War; Chapter 12: A Brief Return to Order; Part Five: Freedom and Fame |
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Chapter 13: The It Girl ArrivesChapter 14: Footlights and Fancy Dress; Chapter 15: The Changing Dais; Part Six: The Avico Sisters; A Revelation; Compendium of Models; Attributions for Headings and Images; Endnotes; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This is the story of women caught up in thetumultuous art scene of the early twentiethcentury, some famous and others lost totime. By 1910 the patina of the belle poquewas wearing thin in London. Artists wereon the hunt for modern women who couldhold them in thrall. A chance encounter onthe street could turn an artless child intoan artists model, and a model into a muse. Most were accidental beauties, plucked fromobscurity to pose in the great art schoolsand studios. Many returned home to livesthat were desperately challenging almostall were anonymous. Meet them now. Sit with them in theCaf Royal amid the wives and mistressesof Londons most provocative artists. Peekbehind the brushstrokes and chisel cuts atwomen whose identities are some of arthistorys most enduring secrets. Drawing ona rich mlange of historical and anecdotalrecords and a primary source, this isstorytelling that sweeps up the reader inthe cultural tides that raced across Londonin the Edwardian, Great War and interwarperiods. A highlight of the book is a reveal of theAvico siblings, a family of models whosefaces can be found in paint and bronze andstone today. Their lives and contributionshave been cloaked in a century of silence. Now, illuminated by family photos and oralhistories from the daughter of one of themodels, the Avico story is finally told |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 08, 2018) |
| Subject |
Artists' models -- Women -- Great Britain
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Women -- Great Britain -- 20th century
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Art -- England -- London -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
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Art
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Women
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England -- London
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781526725264 |
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1526725266 |
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9781526725288 |
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1526725282 |
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