Study Smarts: How to Learn More in Less Time (Study Smart Series)
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The artistic achievements of Romaine Brooks (1874-1970), both as a major expatriate American painter and as a formative innovator in the decorative arts, have long been overshadowed by her fifty-year relationship with writer Natalie Barney and a reputation as a fiercely independent, aloof heiress who associated with fascists in the 1930s. In Romaine Brooks: A Life, art historian Cassandra Langer provides a richer, deeper portrait of Brooks's aesthetics and experimentation as an artist--and of her entire life, from her chaotic, traumatic childhood to the enigmatic decades after World War II, when she produced very little art. This provocative, lively biography takes aim at many myths about Brooks and her friends, lovers, and the subjects of her portraits, revealing a woman of wit and passion who overcame enormous personal and societal challenges to become an extraordinary artist and create a life on her own terms.
Romaine Brooks: A Life introduces much fresh information from Langer's decades of research on Brooks and establishes this groundbreaking artist's centrality to feminism and contemporary sexual politics as well as to visual culture. Best books for public & secondary school libraries from university presses, American Library Association
Romaine Brooks: A Life introduces much fresh information from Langer's decades of research on Brooks and establishes this groundbreaking artist's centrality to feminism and contemporary sexual politics as well as to visual culture. Best books for public & secondary school libraries from university presses, American Library Association
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0299191842
ISBN13:9780299191849
Release Date:March 2004
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.6" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
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Many useful tips
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I've been recommending it to a lot of my friends to buy for their kids.
Concise, straightforward, practical guide to good study habi
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A fine guide to developing good study habits, applicable from junior high school right on through lifelong learning programs. Suggestions are divided between learning tips and memory techniques. Learning tips include acquiring a course loutline, mastering a subject's jargon, teaching oneself to read efficiently (shown in detail), recognizing lecturer's clues and taking organized notes. Tips for improving your memory include how to set up mnemonic devices that work.
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