Muse

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'R ich and detailed ' CHLOË ASHBY | ' Enlightening ' TABISH KHAN | ' Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history ' JENNY PERY | ' An essential read ' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHING Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti? How did Francis Bacon meet the burglar who became his muse? The perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model, at the mercy of an influential and older artist. But is this trope a romanticised myth? Far from posing silently, muses have brought emotional support, intellectual energy, career-changing creativity and practical help to artists. Muse tells the true stories of the incredible muses who have inspired art history's masterpieces. From Leonardo da Vinci's studio to the covers of Vogue , art historian, critic and writer Ruth Millington uncovers the remarkable role of muses in some of art history's most well-known and significant works. Delving into the real-life relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalised them, it will expose the influential and active part they have played and deconstruct reductive stereotypes, reframing the muse as a momentous and empowered agent of art history.

'Exhilarating and fascinating' KATY HESSEL | 'R ich and detailed ' CHLOË ASHBY | ' Enlightening ' TABISH KHAN | ' Sheds light on an uncharted area of art history ' JENNY PERY | ' An essential read ' EDWARD BROOKE-HITCHING Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti? How did Francis Bacon meet the burglar who became his muse? The perception of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model, at the mercy of an influential and older artist. But is this trope a romanticised myth? Far from posing silently, muses have brought emotional support, intellectual energy, career-changing creativity and practical help to artists. Muse tells the true stories of the incredible muses who have inspired art history's masterpieces. From Leonardo da Vinci's studio to the covers of Vogue , art historian, critic and writer Ruth Millington uncovers the remarkable role of muses in some of art history's most well-known and significant works. Delving into the real-life relationships that models have held with the artists who immortalised them, it will expose the influential and active part they have played and deconstruct reductive stereotypes, reframing the muse as a momentous and empowered agent of art history.

Trey I've never had to chase anyone. Girls come easy when you're inked, famous, and born with a smile that spells trouble. I live loud. I play louder. But the night I crash into her, everything screeches to a halt. Seraphina Carmichael. All softness and secrets, wrapped in cotton dresses and whispered prayers. She's asking for a way out. A fake marriage. No strings. Just escape. Sounds easy. But from the second I slip that ring on her finger, I know I'm screwed. Because nothing about her feels fake. For the first time in my life, I don't want easy...I want real. She thinks I'm her rescue plan. But the truth is...she just might be mine. Seraphina My father says I was born cursed. That my mother's sins live in my blood, in my red hair, in every breath I take. He says pain is purification. That obedience brings salvation. Now...he's giving me to one of his faithful. A man with cruel hands and dark desires. A man who says he'll break me to save me. Then I meet Trey Baker. Tattooed. Loud. Infamous. A warning in human form. The only person who sees me. I ask him to marry me...just on paper. But with him, nothing feels fake. Maybe salvation doesn't come from above. Maybe it's wrapped in ink, lit by fire, and whispered in the voice of a sinner who refuses to let me fall.

Women, there is a more beautiful way to live. That begins when you meet your inner Muse. For too long, womanhood has been defined by patriarchal structures that keep us women small, quiet, and at war with our bodies. It's time for a radical return to true, self-led womanhood. In Muse: The Magnetism of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves, Dr. Amanda Hanson examines the history and current systems that put women in the position of living their lives based on their worth to men. She then guides us through exquisite rituals and practices to reclaim our womanhood and build our most beautiful lives. Weaving together research, personal stories, and insights from Dr. Hanson's decades of helping women through her unique method that combines clinical psychology and ancient holistic practices, Muse gives us the power, built on matriarchal consciousness, to reconstruct our lives.

Women, there is a more beautiful way to live. That begins when you meet your inner Muse. For too long, womanhood has been defined by patriarchal structures that keep us women small, quiet, and at war with our bodies. It's time for a radical return to true, self-led womanhood. In Muse: The Magnetism of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves, Dr. Amanda Hanson examines the history and current systems that put women in the position of living their lives based on their worth to men. She then guides us through exquisite rituals and practices to reclaim our womanhood and build our most beautiful lives. Weaving together research, personal stories, and insights from Dr. Hanson's decades of helping women through her unique method that combines clinical psychology and ancient holistic practices, Muse gives us the power, built on matriarchal consciousness, to reconstruct our lives.