Axel Madsen Libri
Axel Madsen fu uno scrittore il cui lavoro esplorò frequentemente temi di sessualità e omosessualità nell'arte e nella cultura. Divenne noto per le sue dettagliate e profonde biografie di artisti, esaminando i loro processi creativi e le loro vite personali. La sua scrittura si distinse per la capacità di svelare le motivazioni nascoste e le pressioni sociali che modellarono i percorsi artistici dei suoi soggetti. Il lavoro di Madsen offre uno sguardo profondo sull'intreccio tra vita personale e artistica.
The story of the Fields family explores the extremes of rebellion and folly among its descendants, from a son possibly shot by a chorus girl to a great-great grandson who built Hollywood dreams with his fortune. It provides a fresh perspective on wealth, success, and the darker side of the American dream.
A biography of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who revolutionized fashion and was a force and legend in her time.
An incisive biography explores the life of actress Barbara Stanwyck, her rise to stardom, her marriages, and her part the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Reprint.
The Sewing Circle
Hollywood's Greatest Secret : Female Stars who Loved Other Women
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
This is the documented story of some of the most glamorous women in the world who lived two lives--in public as larger-than-life romantic heroines of the screen, and in private as lesbians or bisexuals. From the early years of the "talkies" through the beginning of the 1950s, they were secretly known as the Sewing Circle, and this is their story. Among them were Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Tallulah Bankhead, Katherine Cornell, Barbara Stanwyck, and Joan Crawford. Others whose secret lives are divulged for the first time: Maude Adams, Lynn Fontanne, Myrna Loy, Edith Head, Janet Gaynor, Jill Esmond, Elsa Lanchester, Isadora Duncan, Laurette Taylor, Libby Holman, Marjorie Main, Agnes Moorehead, and Dame Judith Anderson.--Publisher description.
Sonia Delaunay, wife of painter Robert Delaunay, and co-founder of the Orphist school in 1910, was the center of a brilliant circle in Paris. Madsen offers a rich and compelling look at this fascinating and influential woman, the first living female artist to have a retrospective show at the Louvre.
Eine Biographie, die weit über das Leben der Biographierten hinausgeht und das politische Leben in Frankreich der Jahrhundertmitte überblickt
Coco Chanel, historia de una mujer
- 300pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Hija ilegítima de un vendedor ambulante, huérfana de madre, educada en un orfanato por unas monjas que la enseñaron a coser; su temperamento inquieto y su instinto para la confección le abrieron las puertas del selecto mundo de la moda.
Viele der glamourösesten, verführerischsten Filmidole waren lesbisch oder bisexuell - ein absolutes Tabu im Hollywood der 20er bis 50er Jahre. Der "Nähkreis" war für viele Stars der einzige Ort, an dem sie sie selber sein konnten.§Dieses Buch ist ein mitreißendes Dokument und ein Blick hinter die Kulissen einer Welt der großen Illusionen.
