Blue Arabesque - by Patricia Hampl (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Hampl explores the allure of a painting by Matisse, featuring a lounging woman immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era. Returning always to his portraits of languid women, she discovers they were not decorative indulgences but something much more.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting she saw in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a mysterious Moroccan screen behind her. This woman seemed a welcome secular version of the nuns of Hampl's girlhood, free and untouchable, a poster girl for twentieth-century feminism. In <em>Blue Arabesque, </em> Hampl explores the allure of that woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the increasing rush of the modern era. Her tantalizing meditation takes us to the Cote d'Azur and North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugène Delacroix, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield. Returning always to Matisse and his obsessive portraits of languid women, Hampl discovers they were not decorative indulgences but surprising acts of integrity. <p/>Moving with the life force that Matisse sought in his work, <em>Blue Arabesque</em> is a dazzling tour de force. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>A <i>Chicago Tribune</i> Best Book of the Year<br>A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Favorite Nonfiction of the Year<br>A <i>Minneapolis Star Tribune</i> Best Minnesota Book of the Year <br>Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a Moroccan screen behind her. In <i>Blue Arabesque, </i> Hampl explores the allure of this lounging woman, immersed in leisure, so at odds with the rush of the modern era. Hampl s meditation takes us to the Cote d Azur and to North Africa, from cloister to harem, pondering figures as diverse as Eugene Delacroix, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Katherine Mansfield.Returning always to Matisse s portraits of languid women, she discovers they were not decorative indulgences but something much more. <br> <i>Blue Arabesque</i> isn't a memoir so much as it is a paean to the act of seeing, celebrating our capacity to be transformed by the truths art holds, recognizing them as holy. <i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><br> Lush, intelligent. <i>Chicago Tribune</i> <br><b>PATRICIA HAMPL</b> is the author of four memoirs--<i>A Romantic Education, Virgin Time, I Could Tell You Stories, </i> and <i>The Florist's Daughter</i>--and two collections of poetry. She has received a MacArthur Fellowship, among many other awards. She lives in St. Paul and is Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota. <br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR PATRICIA HAMPL <p/>Patricia Hampl is passionate about the demands of memory . . . Hampl's voice is learned yet intimate, a gift of herself to the reader.--Maureen Howard, author of <i>The Silver Screen</i> <p/>Patricia Hampl writes in the service of life in the very largest sense - writing that 'makes a path' from reality to the soul.--Marie Howe, author of <i>What the Living Do<br></i><br><br>
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