From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky - Rilegato

Spender, Matthew

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ISBN 10: 0375403787 ISBN 13: 9780375403781

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1999

Riassunto

Himself a sculptor as well as writer, Spender recounts the life of Armenian-born abstract painter Gorky (1904-48), who was at the center of the New York art scene from the 1920s to the 1940s. He describes the influence of his childhood and headstrong mother, his determination to be a painter, his protean personality, his growing reputation, and the stresses that led him to take his own life. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Praise for
Matthew Spender's
Within Tuscany
"To visit Tuscany at all is a pleasure. To visit it in the company of a guide so finely attuned to eccentric beauty, nuance, and thematic irony is a rare delight."--Boston Sunday Globe

"Matthew Spender's Within Tuscany . . . manages to harvest a
delightful assortment of Italian ephemera while rooting his
account firmly in the Tuscan soil."--The Guardian

"Spender experiences Tuscany . . . with a sculptor's sensibility,
following the contours of the land and the people with deference and grace."--Condé Nast Traveler

"Matthew Spender opens many Tuscan doors and makes many strange, refreshing, and rewarding discoveries. He brings an artist's eye to his subject, a clear and sharp vision that shuns the sentimental and the superficial."--New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

Matthew Spender was born in London in 1945 and moved to Italy with his wife in 1968. He is a sculptor and writer. His previous book, Within Tuscany, is a memoir about the Sienese countryside in which he lives.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375403787
• ISBN 13: 9780375403781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 417