{"product_id":"infinite-variety-the-life-and-legend-of-the-marchesa-casatithe-ultimate-edition-9781517903718","title":"Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati astounded Europe. She was infamous for her evening strolls—naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtists such as Man Ray and Augustus John painted, sculpted, and photographed her; writers, including Jean Cocteau, Ezra Pound, and Jack Kerouac, praised her strange beauty; celebrities and royalty from around the world were amazed and awed by her lavish parties and spectacles at her homes in Italy and France. The extravagance ended in 1930 when Casati was more than twenty-five million dollars in debt, but she continued her iconoclastic and creative pursuits until her death in London in 1957. Her legacy continues, especially in contemporary fashion, with John Galliano, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld, and other designers inspired by her remarkable style. Fully authorized, completely updated, and richly illustrated, this is the fantastic story of the Marchesa Casati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating . . . with or without her cheetahs, the Marchesa Casati’s circus of the self makes her a natural for the new millennium.\"—\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A meticulously researched biography,\u003ci\u003e Infinite Variety\u003c\/i\u003e is as much art history as chronicle of personal obsession.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ryersson and Yaccarino are judicious historians of frivolity who capture the tone of a life that was obscenely profligate yet strangely pure.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully written . . . Prepare to be astonished.\"—\u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuentin Crisp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Siren of the Century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDream Child  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Slow Awakening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1001 Nights on the Grand Canal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Basilisk’s Stare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTigress on Capri\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedusa in Pearls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragonfly in Amber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Phoenix Rising\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancesca Granata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040954745175,"sku":"9781517903718","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781517903718.jpg?v=1750948394","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/infinite-variety-the-life-and-legend-of-the-marchesa-casatithe-ultimate-edition-9781517903718","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}