Hayden Herrera
Paperback | Pages: 528 pages Rating: 3.97 | 48618 Users | 447 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo |
| ISBN: | 0060085894 (ISBN13: 9780060085896) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera |
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"Through her art, Herrera writes, Kahlo made of herself both performer and icon. Through this long overdue biography, Kahlo has also, finally, been made fully human." — San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came straight from her own experiences: her childhood near Mexico City during the Mexican Revolution; a devastating accident at age eighteen that left her crippled and unable to bear children; her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera and intermittent love affairs with men as diverse as Isamu Noguchi and Leon Trotsky; her association with the Communist Party; her absorption in Mexican folklore and culture; and her dramatic love of spectacle. Here is the tumultuous life of an extraordinary twentieth-century woman -- with illustrations as rich and haunting as her legend.Define About Books Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
| Title | : | Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo |
| Author | : | Hayden Herrera |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 528 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2002 by Harper Perennial (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | Biography. Art. Nonfiction. History. Biography Memoir. Art History. Feminism |
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Ratings: 3.97 From 48618 Users | 447 ReviewsEvaluation About Books Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo isn't my absolute favorite painter in terms of style, but that's more a matter of taste than anything else. She is without doubt a highly influential, groundbreaking artist, particularly within the field of women-as-subject. "Frida", however, is not so much a book about Kahlo's works as it is about her life. Which it should be, what with the fact that it's a biography and all.Herrera constructs a detailed, engaging biography that examines the major events of Frida's life--and inAn excellent biography: why did any more need to be written?? And I must make clear that I read this book in the D.F. in the 80's after seeing her home in Coyoacan, long before the Frida craze began...Yes, I was ahead of the curve! Yes I am a trendsetter! No I'm not a sheep! seriously, Kahlo is a great artist and I hate how commodified her life and her work have become. Some great artists have as their subject the self, and the self is as rich and vast a canvas as any.
In Depth, thorough and intriguing. However, I did not always agree with the author's interpretive nature of assuming to understand what Frida was feeling or thinking, and forcing these interpretations by consistent repetition.
Another one where I chose to watch the movie instead of read the book. Good one.
This is not an accurate portrayal of Frida's life. She was more of a revolutionary than this book makes her out to be. She was also a gender-bending feminist, and a brilliant painter. Herrera makes her out to be a Diego obsessed, pain obsessed sack of potatoes, and i'm not buying it. Herrera also infers several things to be true from Frida's paintings. She frequently ignores literal translations from paintings including text painted in that reveals the meaning completely on it's own. I am very
Frida Kahlo. To most people, she is the Mexican painter with the intense stare and dominant brows, known for her self-portraits. At the same time she has become an icon. I've seen people drinking out of Frida-cups, wearing Frida-socks and getting Frida-tattoos. This biography really made me understand what it was that made this woman so magnetising. A woman in love with lifeFrida never had it easy. She grew up during the Mexican Revolution, which certainly wasn't the easiest time to be a
This is the one you want if you're looking for a comprehensive biography of iconic, elusive 20th-century artist Frida Kahlo. So many later books and articles about her life reference this text--and for good reason. Herrera's account of Kahlo's short life is compulsively readable and, after more than 500 pages, only leaves you wanting more.
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