Exhilarating and fascinating KATY HESSEL | Rich and detailed CHLO ASHBY | Enlightening TABISH KHAN | Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history JENNY PERY | An essential read EDWARD BROOKEHITCHINGMeet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history.Who was Picassos Weeping Woman?Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti?How did Francis Bacon meet the burglar who became his muse?The perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model, at the mercy of an influential and older artist. But is this trope a romanticised myth? Far from posing silently, muses have brought emotional support, intellectual energy, careerchanging creativity and practical help to artists.Muse tells the true stories of the incredible muses who have inspired art historys masterpieces. From Leonardo da Vincis studio to the covers of Vogue, art historian, critic and writer Ruth Millington uncovers the remarkable role of muses in some of art historys most wellknown and significant works. Delving into the reallife relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalised them, it will expose the influential and active part they have played and deconstruct reductive stereotypes, reframing the muse as a momentous and empowered agent of art history.

Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: AC; Weight: 562 g; Dimensions: 139 x 205 x 32

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