{"title":"Karin Althaus","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarin Althaus explores the intricate worlds of art and culture with a keen, insightful voice. Her works often delve into the lives and legacies of influential artists, blending historical depth with vivid storytelling that brings creative figures to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find a thoughtful examination of artistic movements and cultural moments, presented with care and scholarly attention. Her writing invites reflection on the power of art to shape and reflect human experience, making her books a compelling choice for anyone interested in the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"florine-stettheimer-by-karin-althaus-9783777436326","title":"Florine Stettheimer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I was thrilled\", was Andy Warhol's enthusiastic reaction to the pictures of Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944). Many of the elements of her work inspired his Pop Art. During Stettheimer's life, her sensuous and ironic paintings with their numerous figures were valued highly by artists and curators, although the general public remained largely unaware of their merits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly after her death did her close friend Marcel Duchamp organise a retrospective in the Museum of Modern Art. The art and literature scene of Roaring Twenties New York gathered at Florine Stettheimer's extravagant parties. Surrounded by the cultivated and yet unconventional \"Dada flair\", the artist staged her pictures as a performance—and was thereby well ahead of her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs an outstanding painter, she was not only at the heart of the American art business, but also attracted attention with her eccentric, subversive and often humorous poems, as well as demonstrating her talent as a stage and costume designer in the theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis bibliophile monograph about the multitalented artist is lavishly illustrated and tells a new, exciting history of the modern age through her artworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460830871788,"sku":"9783777436326","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783777436326-florine-stettheimer.jpg?v=1774953500"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/karin-althaus.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}