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Disarmed : The Story of the Venus de Milo by Gregory Curtis (2004, Trade Paperba
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- ISBN
- 9781400031337
- Book Title
- Disarmed : the Story of the Venus De Milo
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Travel, Art, Social Science
- Topic
- Sculpture & Installation, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Folklore & Mythology, History / Ancient & Classical, European, History / General
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 8.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo. From the moment of its discovery a battle for possession ensued and was won, eventually, by the French. Touted by her keepers in the Louvre as the great classical find of the era, the sculpture gained instant celebrity-and yet its origins had yet to be documented or verified. From the flurry of excitement surrounding her discovery, to the raging disputes over her authenticity, to the politics and personalities that have given rise to her mystique, Gregory Curtis has given us a riveting look at the embattled legacy of a beloved icon and a remarkable tribute to one of the world's great works of art.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400031338
ISBN-13
9781400031337
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30855938
Product Key Features
Book Title
Disarmed : the Story of the Venus De Milo
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Folklore & Mythology, History / Ancient & Classical, European, History / General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Travel, Art, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Nb163.V6c87 2004
Reviews
"Fresh, full of adventure, conflict, and a sense of discovery." The Baltimore Sun "Masterful. . . . Entertaining. . . . Interesting and anecdote-filled. . . . A meaningful contribution to the legend of the stony seductress." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Lively and engaging. . . . Readable and enlightening. . . . Filled with striking and compelling characters." The Dallas Morning News "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "Fascinating. . . . Reads like a mystery." The Washington Post Book World "Part thriller, part art history, part rumination on the Greeks. . . . Curtis writes faster and better than just about any academic art historian." Newsweek "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "An engaging and engrossing book. It makes one want to head right off to Paris, to that long gallery in the Louvre, and have a look again." Larry McMurtry "Curtis does a solid job of presenting art history as narrative non-fiction, moving the statue swiftly across many epochs and giving a taste of what it meant to each." Chicago Tribune "Fascinating, scholarly, surprising, and extremely entertaining." Jan Morris "Gripping. . . . [Curtis] disassembles each argument with the cranky urgency of a contemporary critic. And when he's cleared the marble dust he takes his own crack at telling Venus's story." Forbes FYI "A memorable, fascinating, thrilling book. In vivid prose based on research of great integrity, he makes us see new depths beneath the statue's beauty. He has created a work that will endure in your memory like the statue itself." Robert A. Caro "In this colorful history of the statue and the riddles surrounding her, Curtis breathes warm life into this icon of female inscrutability." Men's Journal "I found Disarmed completely compelling. After a while, I started to think that the book would wind up getting, via a single sculpture, to everythingand it very nearly does: art, sex, politics, religion. It's even, for me, in an oblique way, about war and "disarmament." What a subtle, clever, nuanced work." David Shields "Riveting. . . . Brisk and brilliant. . . . Highly readable, well-researched and even passionate. . . . Lush, learned, and surprisingly entertaining. . . . A stunning debut." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " Disarmed will be a startling book for readers expecting a dutiful art history lesson about a statue. It is instead a fiery and eccentric story, in whose pages all sorts of unforgettable characters fight for possession not just of the Venus de Milo herself, but of the tranquil, eternal, maddeningly elusive ideal of human perfection she represents." Stephen Harrigan "Sparkling. . . . Deliciously convoluted. . . . Curtis . . . renews our appreciation for a masterpiece as beautiful as it is mysterious." Booklist "A fascinating tale admirably told." Rosamond Bernier "Lively and engaging. . . . Very readable and enlightening. . . . Curtis's story is filled with . . . striking and compelling characters." The Trenton Times, "Fresh, full of adventure, conflict, and a sense of discovery." The Baltimore Sun "Masterful. . . . Entertaining. . . . Interesting and anecdote-filled. . . . A meaningful contribution to the legend of the stony seductress." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Lively and engaging. . . . Readable and enlightening. . . . Filled with striking and compelling characters." The Dallas Morning News "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "Fascinating. . . . Reads like a mystery." The Washington Post Book World "Part thriller, part art history, part rumination on the Greeks. . . . Curtis writes faster and better than just about any academic art historian." Newsweek "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "An engaging and engrossing book. It makes one want to head right off to Paris, to that long gallery in the Louvre, and have a look again." Larry McMurtry "Curtis does a solid job of presenting art history as narrative non-fiction, moving the statue swiftly across many epochs and giving a taste of what it meant to each." Chicago Tribune "Fascinating, scholarly, surprising, and extremely entertaining." Jan Morris "Gripping. . . . [Curtis] disassembles each argument with the cranky urgency of a contemporary critic. And when he's cleared the marble dust he takes his own crack at telling Venus's story." Forbes FYI "A memorable, fascinating, thrilling book. In vivid prose based on research of great integrity, he makes us see new depths beneath the statue's beauty. He has created a work that will endure in your memory like the statue itself." Robert A. Caro "In this colorful history of the statue and the riddles surrounding her, Curtis breathes warm life into this icon of female inscrutability." Men's Journal "I found Disarmed completely compelling. After a while, I started to think that the book would wind up getting, via a single sculpture, to everythingand it very nearly does: art, sex, politics, religion. It's even, for me, in an oblique way, about war and "disarmament." What a subtle, clever, nuanced work." David Shields "Riveting. . . . Brisk and brilliant. . . . Highly readable, well-researched and even passionate. . . . Lush, learned, and surprisingly entertaining. . . . A stunning debut." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Disarmed will be a startling book for readers expecting a dutiful art history lesson about a statue. It is instead a fiery and eccentric story, in whose pages all sorts of unforgettable characters fight for possession not just of the Venus de Milo herself, but of the tranquil, eternal, maddeningly elusive ideal of human perfection she represents." Stephen Harrigan "Sparkling. . . . Deliciously convoluted. . . . Curtis . . . renews our appreciation for a masterpiece as beautiful, "Fresh, full of adventure, conflict, and a sense of discovery." The Baltimore Sun "Masterful. . . . Entertaining. . . . Interesting and anecdote-filled. . . . A meaningful contribution to the legend of the stony seductress." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Lively and engaging. . . . Readable and enlightening. . . . Filled with striking and compelling characters." The Dallas Morning News "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "Fascinating. . . . Reads like a mystery." The Washington Post Book World "Part thriller, part art history, part rumination on the Greeks. . . . Curtis writes faster and better than just about any academic art historian." Newsweek "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "An engaging and engrossing book. It makes one want to head right off to Paris, to that long gallery in the Louvre, and have a look again." Larry McMurtry "Curtis does a solid job of presenting art history as narrative non-fiction, moving the statue swiftly across many epochs and giving a taste of what it meant to each." Chicago Tribune "Fascinating, scholarly, surprising, and extremely entertaining." Jan Morris "Gripping. . . . [Curtis] disassembles each argument with the cranky urgency of a contemporary critic. And when he's cleared the marble dust he takes his own crack at telling Venus's story." Forbes FYI "A memorable, fascinating, thrilling book. In vivid prose based on research of great integrity, he makes us see new depths beneath the statue's beauty. He has created a work that will endure in your memory like the statue itself." Robert A. Caro "In this colorful history of the statue and the riddles surrounding her, Curtis breathes warm life into this icon of female inscrutability." Men's Journal "I found Disarmed completely compelling. After a while, I started to think that the book would wind up getting, via a single sculpture, to everythingand it very nearly does: art, sex, politics, religion. It's even, for me, in an oblique way, about war and "disarmament." What a subtle, clever, nuanced work." David Shields "Riveting. . . . Brisk and brilliant. . . . Highly readable, well-researched and even passionate. . . . Lush, learned, and surprisingly entertaining. . . . A stunning debut." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " Disarmed will be a startling book for readers expecting a dutiful art history lesson about a statue. It is instead a fiery and eccentric story, in whose pages all sorts of unforgettable characters fight for possession not just of the Venus de Milo herself, but of the tranquil, eternal, maddeningly elusive ideal of human perfection she represents." Stephen Harrigan "Sparkling. . . . Deliciously convoluted. . . . Curtis . . . renews our appreciation for a masterpiece as beautiful as it is mysterious." Booklist "A fascinating tale admirably told." Rosamond Bernier "Lively and engaging. . . . Very readable and enlightening. . . . Curtis's story is filled with . . . striking and compelling characters." The Trenton Times From the Trade Paperback edition., "Fresh, full of adventure, conflict, and a sense of discovery." The Baltimore Sun "Masterful. . . . Entertaining. . . . Interesting and anecdote-filled. . . . A meaningful contribution to the legend of the stony seductress." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Lively and engaging. . . . Readable and enlightening. . . . Filled with striking and compelling characters." The Dallas Morning News "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "Fascinating. . . . Reads like a mystery." The Washington Post Book World "Part thriller, part art history, part rumination on the Greeks. . . . Curtis writes faster and better than just about any academic art historian." Newsweek "Absorbing. . . . Enormously entertaining. . . . Curtis is a writer of generous wit, who packs his book with delicious portraits of the scholars, writers, artists and politicians who contributed to the mythologizing of the Venus de Milo." San Jose Mercury News "An engaging and engrossing book. It makes one want to head right off to Paris, to that long gallery in the Louvre, and have a look again." Larry McMurtry "Curtis does a solid job of presenting art history as narrative non-fiction, moving the statue swiftly across many epochs and giving a taste of what it meant to each." Chicago Tribune "Fascinating, scholarly, surprising, and extremely entertaining." Jan Morris "Gripping. . . . [Curtis] disassembles each argument with the cranky urgency of a contemporary critic. And when he's cleared the marble dust he takes his own crack at telling Venus's story." Forbes FYI "A memorable, fascinating, thrilling book. In vivid prose based on research of great integrity, he makes us see new depths beneath the statue's beauty. He has created a work that will endure in your memory like the statue itself." Robert A. Caro "In this colorful history of the statue and the riddles surrounding her, Curtis breathes warm life into this icon of female inscrutability." Men's Journal "I foundDisarmedcompletely compelling. After a while, I started to think that the book would wind up getting, via a single sculpture, to everythingand it very nearly does: art, sex, politics, religion. It's even, for me, in an oblique way, about war and "disarmament." What a subtle, clever, nuanced work." David Shields "Riveting. . . . Brisk and brilliant. . . . Highly readable, well-researched and even passionate. . . . Lush, learned, and surprisingly entertaining. . . . A stunning debut." Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "Disarmedwill be a startling book for readers expecting a dutiful art history lesson about a statue. It is instead a fiery and eccentric story, in whose pages all sorts of unforgettable characters fight for possession not just of the Venus de Milo herself, but of the tranquil, eternal, maddeningly elusive ideal of human perfection she represents." Stephen Harrigan "Sparkling. . . . Deliciously convoluted. . . . Curtis . . . renews our appreciation for a masterpiece as beautiful as
Copyright Date
2004
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Dewey Decimal
733/.3
Dewey Edition
21
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