Life into Art: Isadora Duncan and Her World [Hardcover]

Doree Duncan (Editor), Carol Pratl (Editor), Cynthia Splatt (Editor), Agnes de Mille (Foreword)

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For Duncan, "Life is the root, Art is the flower." This book attempts to distill the essence of that flower through photographs, sketches, and portraits. The result is a virtual Duncan museum and art gallery. As Agnes de Mille notes in the foreword, "not one foot of film exists of this great dancing, of our greatest original, and the pictures in this book... are therefore important." The trifold text spans Duncan's life (1878-1927) and career, including her childhood and early years as a dancer, her attempts at establishing a school, the tragic loss of her children, her later years, and her untimely death. This work will be accompanied by a traveling exhibition, which opens in Moscow and is slated to travel to Paris and New York. Although words and pictures can never fully capture the art that is dance, this rich and detailed book comes very close. For all dance and performing arts collections.
- Carolyn M. Mulac, Chicago P. L.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Description

More than two hundred and fifty photographs and works of art, many never seen before, combined with a thoughtful text, offer a vivid portrait of the mother of modern dance and feminist forerunner in the context of her artistic community.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 199 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393035077
• ISBN-13: 978-0393035070
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,337,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bring this back into print!, May 27, 2001

By	"adm1046" (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Life into Art: Isadora Duncan and Her World (Hardcover)

A marvelous collection of photos, images, and text about this revolutionary woman. More than just a performance artist, Isadora Duncan helped to usher in modernism and her artist contributions are here beautifully captured in text and image. Many of these picutres have never before been printed, at least in material I've seen, and the captioning of the photos provides detailed information.