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Tamara de Lempicka, 1898-1980 : goddess of the automobile age / Gilles Néret.

Summary:

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) stood at the center of the sophisticated Paris art world of the 1920s and 30s. Her love for beautiful women, elegant automobiles, and the modern metropolis provided not only motifs for her pictures, but also influenced her artistic style. Simultaneously with her career as artist, Tamara de Lempicka pioneered a new image of life on the screen, evident in the new, self-confident woman and the changing aspects of femininity and masculinity. The same sense of style was reflected in a futuristic cult of speed, domestic design forms promulgated by the Bauhaus, and the dandyism of a George Brummell.

Record details

ISBN: 9783836532273
ISBN: 3836532271
Physical Description: 95 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Publisher: Köln : Taschen, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in 1992.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cool, disconcerting beauty : this woman is free ... -- La belle Polonaise -- The art of the caesars -- Bedtime stories : the beautiful young woman and the ugly old dwarf -- Success : money and a title -- "She is such fun, and her pictures are so amusing" -- Tamara de Lempicka 1898-1980: Life and work.