She was the model of every artist's dream. "Imagine," wrote French Dramatist Henri Lavedan, "a woman with a body that suggests the perfection of Greek sculpture." "An antique marble," marveled Sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. "The Parthenon itself!" exclaimed Critic Carl van Vechten. She was America's first great dancer, Isadora Duncan.
Unfortunately, no movie camera recorded Isadora's magnificent improvisations. But as the toast of tout Paris during the Belle Epoque, Isadora was the most portrayed woman in the world. Thanks to the sketches and plaster models by such artists as Auguste Rodin, Bourdelle...
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