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Title	:	Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Author	:	Harriet Scott Chessman
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 174 pages
Published	:	October 2nd 2001 by Seven Stories Press (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Art. Fiction. Cultural. France. Art History

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper

Harriet Scott Chessman

Hardcover | Pages: 174 pages

Rating: 3.73 | 2006 Users | 223 Reviews

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Harriet Scott Chessman takes us into the world of Mary Cassatt's early Impressionist paintings through Mary's sister Lydia, whom the author sees as Cassatt's most inspiring muse. Chessman hauntingly brings to life Paris in 1880, with its thriving art world. The novel's subtle power rises out of a sustained inquiry into art's relation to the ragged world of desire and mortality. Ill with Bright's disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contemplates her world narrowing. With the rising emotional tension between the loving sisters, between one who sees and one who is seen, Lydia asks moving questions about love and art's capacity to remember. Chessman illuminates Cassatt's brilliant paintings and creates a compelling portrait of the brave and memorable model who inhabits them with such grace. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper includes five full-color plates, the entire group of paintings Mary Cassatt made of her sister.

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Original Title:	Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
ISBN:	1583222723 (ISBN13: 9781583222720)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Paris(France)

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Ratings: 3.73 From 2006 Users | 223 Reviews

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Imagine Little Women told from the point of view of Beth. Or rather, a story about Louisa May Alcott as her writing was becoming well known, told from the point of view of Elizabeth Alcott as she dealt with the fact that she was dying and her sister was using their lives to become famous. This is a historical fiction account of the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatts sister, Lydia, as she struggles with dealing with the fact that she is terminally ill. Lydia Cassatt was the subject of several of

Another "still, small voice"...What an exquisite, little book! Not only does it perfectly capture the atmosphere of Cassatt's paintings, it resonated with me on a personal level. The narrative is profoundly moving. The prose is fresh, crisp, bright and lovely. I can't wait to read more from this author.I adore this book so much, I wish I'd written it.

A perfectly exquisite little book: a novella of five chapters on five portraits of Lydia Cassatt, painted by her sister, the American impressionist, Mary Cassatt. Each consisted of Lydia's meditations on life, illness [Lydia suffered from Bright's Disease], death, and art; her thoughts and memories, interspersed with her descriptions of the modeling sessions for her sister. Also, Lydia attempts an interpretation of each of these five portraits: "Woman reading"; "Tea"; "The Garden"; "Driving";

This book is about the American painter Mary Cassatt and the paintings she painted of her sister Lydia Cassatt. The book details their relationship beautifully; it has 5 paintings of Lydia. Plus, it's set in and around Paris, which is a real bonus. I could visualize myself sitting in one of the cafes eating my croissant and having a cup of coffee."How does one go about this business of living? One's life looks different, terribly sharp and clear, when one begins to comprehend the fact of one's

Paris, 1878: Lydia Cassat is ill, dying of Brights disease. Thus she has lots of time to think. At the same time, her sister, Mary Cassat, asks her to pose for another painting. While Lydia poses, again she has a lot of time to reminiscent about life. Her thoughts drift a lot to some places in the US. Even when they walk the Parisian streets up to Marys studio, Lydia drifts with her thoughts intertwining the Parisian streets with the places in the US. Because of that the story is very scattered.

This is a lovely, meditative book written from the point of view of Mary Cassat's dying sister Lydia as she poses for several paintings over some years. It's quiet, but I found it quietly compelling. Does art make one immortal? Is that any consolation for death? The book also looks at Mary Cassat's unorthodox romantic relationship with Edgar Degas, and the choices she makes in order to remain an artist and a relatively independant woman. Finally, the relationship between the sisters is moving,

This is a little book, but a pretty one. Each of the five chapters is centered around a painting by Mary Cassatt, where her sister Lydia is posing. Within each chapter is a color print of the painting in question. It's an easy read; I finished it in less than a day. I would recommend it to anyone interested in art, especially the impressionists of the late 1800s. Mary Cassatt is American, from the Philadelphia area, I think, but she moves to Paris to gain more fame for her impressionistic art.