Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati

by Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino

Book Overview

For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Casati astounded Europe: nude servants gilded in gold leaf attended her; bizarre wax mannequins sat as guests at her dining table; and she was infamous for her evening strolls, naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leashes. Artists painted, sculpted, and photographed her; poets praised her strange beauty. Among them were Gabriele D'Annunzio, Man Ray, Jean Cocteau,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645205
• ISBN13: 9780816645206
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"