{"product_id":"exquisite-dreams-the-art-and-life-of-dorothea-tanning-hardcover","title":"Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Lyford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully illustrated with images of Dorothea Tanning's artwork and more, the first--and definitive--study of this important artist's life and creative output.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) has for decades been known primarily as a Surrealist, but \u003ci\u003eExquisite Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the work of this passionate, dynamic, and voraciously curious artist is impossible to categorize. Tanning's lesser-known but equally powerful sculptures, abstract paintings, and films are explored here, and her writings, biography, and art are examined in the contexts of twentieth-century developments in advertising, fashion, popular culture, and art in New York and Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using new archival sources and analyses of Tanning's work in a variety of media, Amy Lyford broadens our understanding of the artist and illuminates her stunning diversity and achievement. This richly illustrated book is an important contribution to the history of women artists, gender, and sexuality studies, as well as the history of Surrealism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Lyford\u003c\/b\u003e is the Arthur G. Coons Professor in the History of Ideas at Occidental College in Los Angeles. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurrealist Masculinities: Gender Anxiety and the Aesthetics of Post-World War I Reconstruction in France\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIsamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10.11 x 7.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765259370784,"sku":"9781789147971","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36d0cfed958a1d6b5d8ee461cef4f6bc.webp?v=1780265159","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/exquisite-dreams-the-art-and-life-of-dorothea-tanning-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}