The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: February 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781932511437
Subjects: Literary Collections; Individual Artist; Essays; Art & Art Instruction; Literature: Classics; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Essays; Personal Memoirs; 1840-1924; Anecdotes; Gardner, Isabella Stewart,
Description: Discusses the unique art collection and collecting of Isabella Stewaart Gardner her museum. An investigation of her passion, patronage, aesthetic pleasure as well as a glimpse into the female friendships, power and aesthetics of the time. A blending of biography, memoir and detection.