In Passionate Pursuit: A Memoir Beginning with her own colorful background as a refugee from Franco's Spain, then Mussolini's Italy, she describes her music-loving family's sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, adjustment to World
| Title | : | In Passionate Pursuit: A Memoir |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (356 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807615234 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2004-07-15 |
| Genre | : |
Editorial : From Publishers Weekly Art historian Comini is the author of a number of books on such notably tortured artists as Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. But in this warm memoir of her intellectual discovery of these and other artists, she exhibits few of their neuroses, and the contrast between their brooding lives and work and Comini’s relentlessly chipper tone is a little unsettling. Her discovery of the grim prison cell in which Schiele spent a month in 1912 is viewed neither in terms of the artist nor the repressive culture that produced him, but as a pivotal moment in Comini’s career, recounted with the same breathless enthusiasm as a musical performance or a mountain hike. And it is Comini’s undeniably distinguished career that is the focus of her memoir. While not every memoirist is required to be a confessional Elisabeth Wurtzel type, too often this book is anything but. In small doses, Comini’s narrative of warm friendships, rewarding research and endless, exo
Overflowing with passion for her work as a scholar and teacher, Alessandra Comini reminisces and romps through six decades as an unconventional art historian in this illustrated memoir. The author of award-winning books on Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Ludwig van Beethoven, Comini draws on her lifelong daily journals and shares uniquely personal research-related anecdotes as she reflects on the formation and flowering of her distinguished career. Beginning with her own colorful background as a refugee from Franco's Spain, then Mussolini's Italy, she describes her music-loving family's sometimes humorous, sometimes painful, adjustment to World War II Texas. Her fortuitous experiences at Interlochen's National Music camp, Barnard College, Berkeley, and Columbia University led to what would ultimately be a turning point in both her life as well as in Schiele scholarship: the discovery, half a century after Schiele's incarceration in a provincial Austrian jail, of the actual cell in whic
Her colorful descriptions of each site she visited makes readers feel as if they are standing there beside her. Comini's book is "real" and can reach audiences from those in the arts' world, students, and especially those who have ever had a slight tug in their heart to follow their own dreams.. Intertwined with her journeys and discoveries are those very reflective moments such as having to say goodbye to life-long friends she has made along the way. Subsequently, she so bravely, and honestly describes her own battle with breast cancer which gives hope to women everywhere who are going through similar experiences. This is spectacular and so glad I purchased it.. Making deft use of language, Comini's writing is both deeply personal and introspective, tracing her growth as a person and as a scholar. This memoir which covers six decades of the author's life and career as an art historian was a delight to read. Gorgeous Photography! Spectacular design! Inspirational images! Excellent Book
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