Lizzie Siddal - Couverture souple

Green, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848423926 ISBN 13 : 9781848423923

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'To yearn for something doesn't that make life more intense?'

Lizzie Siddal is a new play that tells the dramatic story of the woman who was 'Ophelia' in Millais' famous painting. It charts her dazzling trajectory from model to lover to artist, to a tragic figure in her own right.

London, 1849. Lizzie is plucked from the obscurity of a bonnet shop to model for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - an intoxicating group of young painters bent on revolutionising the Victorian art world.

Inspired by their passion and ambition, she throws herself headlong into their lives and their art - nearly dying in the creation of 'Ophelia'. The painting is a triumph. But Lizzie wants more and dares to dream of being a painter herself.

Falling for their charismatic leader Dante Gabriel Rossetti, she becomes his muse and his lover and, against the odds, does succeed in winning independence as a female artist. She even secures a sponsor - the great critic, John Ruskin. But independence isn't always what it seems, love can be fickle - and all art is a kind of deception. Lizzie is betrayed, and her response sparks a tragic denouement that still stirs debate to this day.

Revue de presse :

Jeremy Green's brilliant new play...drama of the highest order, by turns funny, clever, provocative, infuriating, sad and enlightening.--Broadway World.com

Fascinating... Jeremy Green's new play worries at the still-relevant issue of how women's artistic endeavours are often overshadowed by men's... It's pleasing to hear from Lizzie the woman, rather than simply admire Lizzie the mute model. Four Stars. --Evening Standard

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848423926
• ISBN 13: 9781848423923
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96