- Paperback: 235 pages
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; New edition edition (11 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0816645205
- ISBN-13: 978-0816645206
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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MEREDITH ETHERINGTON-SMITH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
The ultimate Gothic heroine!
'The fabulous Marchesa Casati was the ultimate Gothic heroine, a bizarre and beautiful figure. Take a leaf out of this book and indulge in a dark and decadent Gothic revival.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
MICHAEL HOLYROYD
A cult figure for the new millennium!
'It is easy to see how the Marchesa Casati could become a cult figure for the new millennium. She has been the subject of poems, plays, films and novels. But what she now demands, based on this book, is a grand opera.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Feasting on an Infinite Variety,
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This review is from: Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Paperback)
Finally, a biography of one of the most fascinating women of the early 20th century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati.This is an excellent book that lovingly treats its subject and also sets her story in historical perspective.Interwoven are some of the most interesting people in the arts of that time: Diaghlev, Nijinsky, Isadora Duncan ,D'Annunzio and some of the most prominent painters and photographers of the period: Man Ray, Augustus John and many, many others. They, too, were fascinated by the Marchesa and painted and photographed her. Fortunately, most of these works of art are shared with us in a thick section of photos and paintings.Altogether a feast for the mind, eye and heart.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A fascinating biograaphy of a true eccentric,
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This review is from: Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Paperback)
The Marchesa Casati born at the end of the last century lived and partied in most of the capitals of Europe but her greatest fame was her life in Venice where she lived on the Grand Canal in what is now the Guggenheim Museum.The first, and only, person to have persuaded the mayor of Venice to close St Mark's Square for a private party, she arrived in her gondola escorted by her two pet cheetahs wearing diamond studded collars. She was a muse to many famous artists including Augustus John, Boldini, Epstein and Bakst and when she lived in the Palais Rose in Paris had over one hundred portraits of herself adorning the walls. Scot Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino have written a well-researched and highly entertaining story of this bizarre Italian aristocrat who greatly added to the fun of a bygone age.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure delight from start to finish,
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This review is from: Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Paperback)
This stylish, perceptive and crisp biography of one of the twentieth century's most complex and controversial figures manages at once to be an intimate portrait and a reflection of an age. It should be a sine qua non in everyone's library.
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