Writings On Art & Artists
Art & Artists have been an obsession of mine for decades. My novels: Loving Modigliani The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne, Signatures in Stone: A Bomarzo Mystery, The Etruscan, and Katherine's Wish, are all set in artists' enclaves of the 1920s & deal with the lives of artists, predominantly women artists, the struggle to balance artistic expression with the demands of interpersonal relationships -- and our striving to live beyond time through art. See my guest post in Art in Fiction on the role and influence of art in my fiction.
Loving Modigliani & Signatures in Stone have been popular art book club picks.
My creative writing book The Soul of Place: Ideas and Exercises for Conjuring the Genius Loci has been adopted not only by creative writers, but by visual artists, filmmakers, and photographers and was incorporataed into Janice Mason Steeves Painting Workshops in the Wild Program.
Below you will find a list of my published writings on art & artists with links. Click on the boldface titles in red to open.
Missing Person in Montparnasse: The Case of Jeanne Hébuterne from the Literary Review, Pushcart Nominee.
Dada Queen in the Bad Boys' Club: Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven from the Southwest Review
Decoding the Secrets of Italian Story-Telling Gardens from Messy Nessy Chic
Writings on Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki De Saint Phalle: Creating the Tarot Garden
Niki De Saint Phalle: From Traditional Iconography to Personal Vision of the Tarot
The above blogs were condensed as a guest post for The Painted Palazzo
Contemporary Artists in Italy
Justin Bradshaw: British Artist Working in Italy For Three Decades
Contemporary Ceramic Artist Giuseppe Utano
More on Jeanne Hébuterne & Modigliani
Following Jeanne & Modi Through Paris
The Paris of Jeanne & Modi, Then & Now
Deep Mapping the Paris of Jeanne Hebuterne
Prehistoric & Ancient Art and Architecture
The Storied Stones of Pranu Muttedu
Prehistoric Art & Architecture in Sardinia
Etruscan Art & Culture in The Etruscan
Miscellaneous Essays & Reviews
Courbet L'Origine from After the Art
Review of Artists in Residence by Melissa Wyse and Kate Lewis from Rain Taxi
Review of The Vanished Collection by Pauline Baer de Perignon. from Rain Taxi
Review of Bloom, On Becoming an Artist Later in Life by Janice Mason Steeves from the California Review of Books
Review of L'Origine The Secret History of the World's Most Erotic Masterpiece by Lilianne Milgrom from the California Review of Books
Translations
Linda Lappin has translated three volumes for the University of Chicago Press History of Rome and Roman Culture series:
Public Lettering: Script, Power & Culture, Armando Petrucci
Bernini: Flights of Love The Art of Devotion, Giovanni Careri
Roman Women, Augusto Fraschetti