{"product_id":"alias-olympia-9780801486098","title":"Alias Olympia","description":"\u003cp\u003eEunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death--or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent--and about Lipton herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distinguished art historian, \u003cb\u003eEunice Lipton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLooking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFrench Seduction: An American's Encounter with France, Her Father and the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time between New York City and Paris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461096542482,"sku":"9780801486098","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61d26455-74de-416c-aef9-b318ebe79b5c.jpg?v=1730056956","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/alias-olympia-9780801486098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}