About the Author

ROBIN VEDER is an associate professor of humanities and art history/visual culture, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

Reviews

One of the distinguishing features of The Living Line is Veder s attention to the literal, physical ways in which her body cultures altered an artist s working habits and therefore directly shaped the look of their art. . . . [It] is a rich and extraordinarily detailed picture of the early twentieth-century period body. Oxford University Press Journals, Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, 2016"

Veder s investigations establish connections among visual artists, patrons of modernism, progressive educational theorists such as John Dewey, and modern dance choreographer Ted Shawn, which demonstrates the breadth and popularity of body culture ideas and practices among the avant-garde of the pre WW II US. . . . Recommended. Choice"