- Paperback
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0801486092
- ISBN-13: 978-0801486098
- Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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I don't remember when I first saw Victorine Meurent, but I wouldn't have recognized her or known her name at the time. Read the first page
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I don't remember when I first saw Victorine Meurent, but I wouldn't have recognized her or known her name at the time. Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Dissapointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire (Paperback)
Lipton seems reluctant to deal with the facts she can recover. Instead, she prefers to create a fiction which is more of a projection of her own neurosis than anything which is supported by her sources. All the primary sources agree that Victorine Meurent was a destitute alcoholic for some time before she dies, but Lipton prefers to imagine her as a proto-feminist heroine. She seems so blinded by her own prejudice that she can only lash out at anyone who presents her with information which paints Victorine in less than favorable colors. For a more balanced view of the same material, find a copy of Otto Freiderich's Olympia: Manet and the Paris of his Times.
3.0 out of 5 stars
An inspiring story with a reward at the end.,
By Lynne Rutter "ornamentalist" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire (Paperback)
This book is more autobiography than the "art history mystery" I had expected, but it's an engaging story, and well worth reading. When the missing diary, or some such document, which will tell all about the real life story of Victorine Muerant fails to materialize, a fictional version is inserted in chapters. I was dissappointed by this because it gives more weight to the story Ms Lipton invented and hoped to prove, than to the facts she worked so hard to reveal. The research is tedious and discouraging, and the results will not rock the art history world. The true reward for the author is not the tidbits of information she aquires about her subject, but in her own growth both as a blossoming writer and a woman. Her finest writing is in the descriptions of the things she knows best and experiences first-hand: the great food in Paris, her past life, her present feelings, her beliefs and self-realization. It's encouraging that Ms Lipton has chosen now to be a writer, and not an art historian, and I will look forward to her next effort.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book that makes you want to give up and start living!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desire (Paperback)
Alias Olympia is a personal biography of Eunice Lipton's search for Victorine Meurent, the woman who modled for Manet's Olympia. Not only does this book inspire one to go out and look for the truth they believe in their heart to be true, but it also provides hope for those who believe that one person can still make a difference. Lipton's journey through history provides a longing yet frustrating ride through a world geared souly for men. By the end of this book I was in love and I wanted to spit at the same time. It is motivating; a look at the purpose of our lives and how we may be fulfilled. With this book in hand I feel like I could set out and discover anything I set my mind to.
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