Muses: Women Who Inspire

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Real Year:2012 Binding unknown, however some books are completely new The stories of thirtythree women who enthralled societyâ€TMs artistic geniuses and thus inspired the creation of some of the greatest works of the past two centuries American Lee Miller was a successful model before traveling to Paris to become the apprentice lover and muse of Man Ray; Nancy Cunard British writer heiress and political activist was a lover to numerous members of the twentieth centuryâ€TMs art and literary circles including Ezra Pound and TS Eliot; Parisianborn artist and poet Dora Maar had a profound influence on her infamous lover Pablo Picasso While the lives of these women were very different in most aspects they shared the ability to awaken fervor in and to influence the work of their Pygmalion painters writers or photographers The vision of the artist and his muse remains an integral part of our notion of artistic creation and the collaboration of these interwoven destinies continues to fascinate historians art appreciators feminists and general