Author : Eunice Lipton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801468256
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Book Synopsis Alias Olympia by : Eunice Lipton
Download or read book Alias Olympia written by Eunice Lipton and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death-or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent-and about Lipton herself.