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"Camille was born in December of 1864. During her lifetime she became one of the most well known female sculptors of the 19th century. Ayral-Clause gives a full picture of Camille's life starting with her creative childhood. Camille's intense relationship with Auguste Rodin is examined from its inception but does not take away from looking at Camille's life as a whole. Her ties with her family including her close connection with her brother Paul Claudel, her artwork and admirers, her financial strains, and her decline into mental instability that led to the last thirty years of her life in virtual seclusion in a mental asylum are brought together to paint a full picture of a remarkable artist and woman of the 19th century.
The book does have some repetition which takes away from its drama, and it could use more images of the artwork so often referred to.
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Michelle M. Powers, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- artist
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- artist
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- mentally ill
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- encouraged
Commentary on society?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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