{"title":"Carol Jacobi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarol Jacobi\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the rich interplay between art and culture, offering readers profound insights into the lives and works of influential artists. Her scholarship illuminates the complexities of creative expression, focusing on figures who have shaped modern artistic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a passionate engagement with her subjects, Jacobi's works invite readers to reconsider familiar narratives within \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. Her books are essential for anyone interested in the history and interpretation of art beyond the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-cage-the-art-of-isabel-rawsthorne-by-carol-jacobi-9780500971055","title":"Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I love this book! Brilliant biography of the... utterly fascinating artist Isabel Rawsthorne\" \u003ci\u003eJennifer Higgie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Every page is gripping, fascinating, forcefully and excitingly written, and sad.\" \u003ci\u003eAndrew Motion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Isabel Rawsthorne's life reads like a ready-made screenplay... - a poverty-stricken upbringing, world wars, espionage, affairs, addiction, politics... all set to a series of evocative cinematic backdrops. And that's before any mention of her career as one of the most hidden but influential artists of the 20th century.\" \u003ci\u003eInteriors and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jacobi's bigger project here, seems to be to reimagine what an artist biography... can be.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Art Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Highlights how talented women have often missed out on the recognition they deserved\" \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne\u003c\/i\u003e places Isabel Rawsthorne's painting career at the centre of the Parisian and London avant-garde movement. Her artistic journey was often overshadowed by her portrayal in the works of various friends, notably Epstein, Derain, Giacometti, Picasso, and Bacon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering painter exhibited from the early 1930s, gained influence in the 1940s, and achieved recognition in the 1960s. However, in her later years, the biographies of Giacometti and Bacon highlighted her role more as a muse. Today, Rawsthorne's work is part of major collections. This beautifully illustrated book re-writes the narrative of the pre- and post-war art history she influenced, tracing her path through the upheavals of the 20th century and her singular relationships with some of its most fascinating figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decade of research into the period, Rawsthorne's art and archives, and the memories of her friends, has revealed for the first time her role in a rebel group at the Liverpool School of Art; her experiences of success and tragedy in the 1930s as Jacob Epstein's studio assistant; her lifelong collaborations with Alberto Giacometti; and, post-war, her work with Francis Bacon and African Modernism in the 1960s, as well as her exceptional late work. 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