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We are back today on Art Curious with another great interview episode for you. I recently

enjoyed a conversation with the acclaimed historian, critic, and author

Ruth Millington, all about her new book, Muse, uncovering the hidden figures behind Art History's

masterpieces. Mews follows the fascinating true stories of 30 incredible muses and their roles in

some of the world's most iconic artworks.

Now, we instantly recognize most of their faces from art history's most well-known masterpieces,

but just who was Picasso's weeping woman?

Or the burglar from Francis Bacon's Ove, and why was Grace Jones covered in Defeity?

Far from posing silently, many muses bring emotional support,

intellectual energy, career-changing creativity, and practical assistance to artists. However, the long-standing image of the muse is that of a passive, powerless model, usually one who is young, attractive, and

female, who is at the mercy of an

influential and older male artist. Could this impression be incorrect and unfair? Is the

trope of the muse a romanticized myth? And have people embraced or even sought the status of muse?

And most importantly, where would artists be without them? By delving into the real

life relationships between these models and their artists who immortalize them, Muse reveals

Muse's active creative participation in the works they inspire. Muse will surprise you, as it did

me, with the answers to all of these questions and conundrums and more, and it is well

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