Chasing beauty the life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Chronicles the life of the creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art; includes archival photos of her world, museum and the art she collected.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Mariner Books,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Notes on a museum
- Part 1: Becoming belle. New york girl
- 'A far-famed city'
- Mr. and Mrs. Jack
- 'Remaining dear ones'
- Part II: Around the world. A return
- 'Mrs. Gardner's album'
- 'Zodiacal light'
- 'Millionaire bohemienne'
- The comopolitan
- Part III: Motion and light. The way of the traveler
- 'A whirlwind of suggestion'
- 'The fiddling place'
- Love and power
- Seeing wonder
- Part IV: Fancy things and ordinary objects. 'Dazzling'
- In the middle of things
- The concert
- To remake the world
- 'The age of Mrs. Jack'
- A poem
- 'List of things for the museum'
- 'I always knew where to find him'
- Part V: One-woman museum. Fenway court
- God is in the details
- Unfathomable heart
- 'Lonesome cloud'
- 'The whole interesting world of Paris'
- 'Undying beauty and light'
- Part VI: A dream of youth. Seeing and hearing modernism
- The dancer
- 'Blood and thunder'
- 'Very much alive'
- Spring
- Epilogue: Lacrimae rerum, or the tears of things
- Acknowledgments
- A note on sources
- List of illustrations
- Notes
- Selected bibliography
- Index.
