{"product_id":"art-for-the-ladylike-an-autobiography-through-other-lives-volume-1-paperback","title":"Art for the Ladylike: An Autobiography Through Other Lives Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWhitney Otto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this inviting blend of biography and memoir, novelist Otto (\u003ci\u003eHow to Make an American Quilt\u003c\/i\u003e) examines her life in terms of the women artists who influenced her....Otto provides a fascinating tour of art through the lens of her own experience. Creatives of all sorts will enjoy [her] wide-ranging insights.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e In \u003ci\u003eArt for the Ladylike, \u003c\/i\u003eWhitney Otto limns the lives of eight pioneering women photographers--Sally Mann, Imogen Cunningham, Judy Dater, Ruth Orkin, Tina Modotti, Lee Miller, Madame Yvonne, and Grete Stern--to in turn excavate her own writer's life. The result is an affecting exploration of what it means to be a woman, what it means to be an artist, and the perils and rewards of being both at once. In considering how feminism, career, and motherhood were entangled throughout her subjects' lives as they tirelessly sought to render their visions and paved the way for others creating within the bounds of domesticity, Otto assesses her own struggles with balancing writing and the pulls of home life. Ultimately, she ponders the persistent question that artistic women face in a world that devalues women's ambition: If what we love is what we are, how do those of us with multiple loves forge lives with room for everything?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitney Otto is the author of five novels, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eHow to Make an American Quilt, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was later made into a movie of the same name, and \u003ci\u003eEight Girls Taking Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and in several anthologies. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160059408615,"sku":"9780814257821","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/8fe08cdd109e94404165943fcd8a4f8b.webp?v=1780556178","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/art-for-the-ladylike-an-autobiography-through-other-lives-volume-1-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}