Tango
The Art History of Love (With a Foreword by David Byrne)
Robert Farris Thompson
- In
- this
- generously
- illustrated
- book,
- world-renowned
- Yale
- art
- historian
- Robert
- Farris
- Thompson
- gives
- us
- the
- definitive
- account
- of
- tango,
- "the
- fabulous
- dance
- of
- the
- past
- hundred
- years–and
- the
- most
- beautiful,
- in
- the
- opinion
- of
- Martha
- Graham.”Thompson
- traces
- tango’s
- evolution
- in
- the
- nineteenth
- century
- under
- European,
- Andalusian-Gaucho,
- and
- African
- influences
- through
- its
- representations
- by
- Hollywood
- and
- dramatizations
- in
- dance
- halls
- throughout
- the
- world.
- He
- shows
- us
- tango
- not
- only
- as
- brilliant
- choreography
- but
- also
- as
- text,
- music,
- art,
- and
- philosophy
- of
- life.
- Passionately
- argued
- and
- unparalleled
- in
- its
- research,
- its
- synthesis,
- and
- its
- depth
- of
- understanding,
- Tango:
- The
- Art
- History
- of
- Love
- is
- a
- monumental achievement.
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