{"product_id":"the-rhythm-of-eternity-the-life-and-art-of-rockwell-kent-paperback","title":"The Rhythm of Eternity: The Life and Art of Rockwell Kent - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRockwell Kent (1882-1971), artist, writer and adventurer, is one of the most celebrated American modernists, but he remains a controversial figure because of his political activism and personal life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book emphasizes the interplay between Kent's public persona and his private self. A man of considerable charm and vitality, he led an outwardly tempestuous existence - especially in affairs of the heart - but, at the same time, he created much of his best art \u003cbr\u003ein solitude. He was a romantic who fell violently in love and then decisively out of it. He loved many women, but he thought only of his own needs in his relationships with them; he thought the profession of artist gave him leeway to think only of his own needs. He strove, sometimes with great difficulty, to achieve material needs, but his art is replete with transcendental yearnings. By confronting the contradictions between the artist and the man, this book offers the first sustained study to connect those opposing sides of Kent's character. In doing so, it breaks new ground: rather than treating his work and his private life in isolation, it reveals how the tensions between the two shaped both-and in the process uncovers, with unprecedented clarity, the tortured soul of one of America's most important modernist artists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first volume in \u003cem\u003eDissident Biographies\u003c\/em\u003e, a new series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533254541565,"sku":"9783034356343","price":51.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/4PSxgtf2GB9783034356343.webp?v=1778709461","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-rhythm-of-eternity-the-life-and-art-of-rockwell-kent-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}