Friday, July 03, 2015

MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS BOOK CLUB




Each month the public is invited to read a book that is selected by the museum.  Throughout the month docents conduct an one hour tour that are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays to review art works that in someway reflect an aspect of the book: theme, setting, characters, or quotes.  In June I reread Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and attended one of the Tuesday morning tours.  Of the many pieces of art chosen for the novel, I was delighted and amused to see the top painting  that aptly illustrated the character of the evil Mrs. Danver.  Great choice! The Veiled Lady, a sculpture by Raffaelo Monti, c. 1860 represented the narrator/protagonist, a shy non-assertive young woman who remained nameless throughout the book. I intend to reread the July selection, To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel that I taught numerous times to adolescents and am anxious to see what objects will be selected for that book.  What fun!!

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." 

1883 Franz Kafka

11 comments:

  1. Oh, I have read Rebecca when I was very young, 16 or so, and I still remember it, it was so tensive, It was a book of my mother and my sisiter recommended it to me to read. "To kill a mockingbird", I remember the movie, a sad story. I like the exhibition with the arts pieces appropriate to the books, very nice.

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  2. What a lovely way to bring these books to life! The Mrs. Danvers-like portrait could easily be me, before coffee.

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  3. I'm not sure I ever read Rebecca. If not, it must have been during my rebellious years! I definitely will be interested to see the interpretations for To Kill a Mockingbird, which is one of my favorites.

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  4. This is such a good idea and sounds like my kind of fun.

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  5. A great book and a fine sculpture, but I won't say more about the other thing...

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  6. That sounds like a great idea both for reading and for the museum going.

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  7. The Veiled Lady sculpture certainly appeals to me!

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  8. That framed picture looks creepy. To Kill... one of the best and quite topical. Never miss the movie either when I see it's on. Fine adaptation.

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  9. The Veiled Lady sculpture is beautiful. Would love to see it in person.

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  10. That's one of my favourite opening lines and now of course I'm going to dream of Manderley tonight! Lovely post!

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  11. What a great idea for a book club! Love it!
    Though I've got a book and a half lined up ahead of it, I think I'll read "Mockingbird" again. After that I'm interested in picking up "Go Set a Watchman," though I may also wait and read some reviews first...in any event, I'm very curious.

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