false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171406886m/98050.jpg 98050 7 With her richly textured novels Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of the artist's life. Now, in a collection of profound wisdom and beauty, she explores the transcendent power of art through the eyes of ordinary people. <I>Life Studies</I> begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery&#151;their lovers, servants, and children&#151;as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters&#151;a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example&#151;encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life, <I>Life Studies</I> is a dazzling addition to Vreeland's outstanding body of work. 94508 2004 Life Studies: Stories total:153|5:26|4:60|3:48|2:18|1:1| 153 551 241 25 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:22:30 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 18:59:14 -0700 2009 1
However, the collection is uneven, with my individual scores for the stories ranging from 1 to 5. My favorite is the one about...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 20:40:30 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 20:52:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:30:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:30:26 -0800 2009 Vreeland, whose Girl in Hyacinth Blue (1999) fictionalized the story behind a Vermeer painting, again blends fact and fiction to bring artists and the lives of those affected by them to life. She approaches her subjects, from Renoir to a young girl coming to terms with death, with emotional sensitiv...

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