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Herpes Zoster Clinical Presentation
- Author: Camila K Janniger, MD; Chief Editor: Dirk M Elston, MD more...
Herpes zoster may begin with a systemic response (eg, fever, anorexia, and lassitude), though symptoms frequently are mild and may not be associated by either patient or physician with the classic manifestations of the condition.
Symptoms typically include prodromal sensory phenomena along 1 or more skin dermatomes lasting 1-10 days (average, 48 hours), which usually are noted as pain or, less commonly, itching or paresthesias.[3] Prodromal pain typically is described as muscle or toothachelike in origin but may simulate headache, iritis, pleurisy, brachial neuritis, cardiac pain, appendicitis or other intra-abdominal disease, or sciatica. This simulation can result in incorrect tentative diagnoses; however, the dermatomal distribution usually helps clarify the diagnosis.
The prodromal interval of pain prior to onset of cutaneous findings has been believed to represent spread of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) particles along sensory nerves; however, approximately 10% of patients report the simultaneous onset of pain and rash.
After the onset of prodromal symptoms, the following signs and symptoms occur:
Patchy erythema, occasionally accompanied by induration, in the dermatomal area of involvement
Regional lymphadenopathy, either at this stage or subsequently
Grouped herpetiform vesicles developing on the erythematous base (the classic finding)
Pain in the dermatomal area of involvement may remain the same as in prodrome or may change in character and intensity with the onset of other symptoms; many patients describe the pain as burning, throbbing, or stabbing in nature; it may be severe, mild, constant, rare, or felt as another sensation such as pruritus; the involved area may be tender to palpation [1]
Vesicular involution – Vesicles initially are clear but eventually cloud, rupture, crust, and involute, a process that may be greatly accelerated by treatment
After vesicular involution, slow resolution of the remaining erythematous plaques, typically without visible sequelae – Note, however, that scarring can occur if deeper epidermal and dermal layers have been compromised by excoriation, secondary infection, or other complications
Unfortunately, resolution of the associated pain does not always accompany resolution of erythema and vesiculation. Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), which usually is confined to the area of original dermatomal involvement, can persist for weeks, months, or years and is often severe.
The reason why some patients with zoster experience PHN and others do not is not fully understood, but it is clear that patients who are older (> 60 years), particularly those who are debilitated or arteriosclerotic, are affected far more frequently than younger patients are. In addition, PHN is observed more frequently after cases of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) and in instances of upper-body dermatomal involvement.
Other less common postherpetic sequelae include hyperesthesia or, more rarely, hypoesthesia or anesthesia in the area of involvement.
Herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome) may produce an acute jugular foramen syndrome.[51] It is characterized by acute-onset dysphagia and dysphonia, often accompanied or preceded by cranial, cervical, or pharyngeal pain. Herpetic vesicles on the skin or mucosa may or may not occur, may be noted late after onset, or may go undetected.
Physical Examination
Classic physical findings of herpes zoster include painful grouped herpetiform vesicles on an erythematous base confined to the cutaneous surface innervated by a sensory nerve (see the first image below). Typically, the condition affects a single dermatome, most commonly a thoracic dermatome, on one side of the body (see the second, third, and fourth images below). Regional lymphadenopathy may be present.
After a prodromal illness, erythematous macules and papules appear (see the image below) and progress to vesicles within 1 day. The vesicles eventually cloud, rupture, crust, and involute. Patients may experience pain and sensory loss in the distribution of the rash. Motor weakness, especially in lumbar and cervical radicular distributions, is often present but unrecognized and represents viral activity beyond the sensory root. Because the weakness often is not diagnosed accurately, the incidence and prevalence are uncertain.
Note that zoster may present in multiple dermatomes and possibly bilaterally (ie, zoster multiplex). The frequency of multiple, disseminated, and visceral zoster is increased in the immunocompromised population. Occasionally, patients experience paresthesias and pain in a dermatomal distribution without a rash (ie, zoster sine herpete).
Many clinical variations are possible. The following is a summary of the more important variations.
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
HZO results from viral invasion of the Gasserian ganglion and accounts for 10-15% of zoster cases.[52] In addition to the classic symptoms and lesions of herpes zoster, common manifestations of HZO include conjunctivitis, scleritis, episcleritis, keratitis iridocyclitis, Argyll-Robertson pupil, glaucoma, retinitis, choroiditis, optic neuritis, optic atrophy, retrobulbar neuritis, exophthalmos, lid retraction, ptosis, and extraocular muscle palsies.
HZO develops when cranial nerve (CN) V (ie, the trigeminal nerve) is involved in viral reactivation. For unknown reasons, involvement of the ophthalmic branch of this nerve (V1) is 5 times as common as involvement of the maxillary branch (V2) or the mandibular branch (V3). HZO is easily recognized on the basis of vesicular and erythematous involvement of the CN V1 dermatome, ipsilateral forehead, and upper eyelid (see the image below). When lesions are found in the CN V1 dermatome, a slit-lamp examination is done to identify corneal findings.
Ipsilateral preauricular and, occasionally, submaxillary nodal involvement is a common prodromal event in HZO and often is valued equivalently with pain, vesiculation, and erythema in establishing a diagnosis. Prodromal lymphadenopathy should not be confused with the later reactive adenopathy caused by secondary infection of vesicles. Headaches, nausea, and vomiting also are common prodromal symptoms.
Signs of meningeal irritation may be present; therefore, meningitis must be excluded. CN V1 (with ciliary ganglion) sends branches to the tentorium (the recurrent nerve of Arnold), as well as to CN III, CN VI, and occasionally CN IV. This may account for the frequency of meningeal signs and the occasional CN III and CN VI nerve palsies associated with HZO.
Aggressive treatment and follow-up monitoring are required for HZO because of the possibility of eye involvement, which occurs in about 50% of HZO patients. Traditionally, nasociliary branch involvement, characterized by vesicles at the tip of the nose, has indicated that eye involvement is present or imminent (the Hutchinson rule). This rule is now being disputed, with some experts claiming that eye and nasociliary branch involvement can be present without such vesiculation. In our experience, eye lesions are rare in the absence of distal nose lesions.
In the absence of prompt detection and treatment, eye involvement poses a risk to vision. The presence of orbital edema is an ophthalmologic emergency, and patients must be referred immediately for specialized ophthalmic evaluation and treatment. Iritis, iridocyclitis, glaucoma, and corneal tissue ulcerations are possible in these cases. Involvement of the area below the palpebral fissure alone, without upper eyelid or nasal involvement, is considered less likely to result in ocular complications, in that the superior maxillary nerve innervates the lower eyelid.
Postherpetic complications are more common in HZO than in other manifestations of zoster.[53] In particular, PHN is observed in well over 50% of patients with HZO and can be severe and long-lasting. Scarring also is more common, probably as a result of severe destructive inflammation.
As noted (see above), palsy of CN III and, occasionally, of CN IV and CN VI may occur. Rarely, simultaneous involvement of other CNs has been reported. The most common such event is CN VII involvement, which may produce facial palsy.
Svozilkova et al reported 1 case of varicella-caused retinal necrosis after ocular trauma.[54]
Herpes zoster of maxillary branch of CN V
Involvement of CN V2 is localized to the ipsilateral cheek, the lower eyelid, the side of the nose, the upper eyelid, the upper teeth, the mucous membrane of the nose, the nasopharynx, the tonsils, and the roof of the mouth. At times, only the oral mucous membrane is involved, and there are no cutaneous manifestations. Early preeruptive herpetic pain can simulate a severe toothache and result in unnecessary oral surgery or dental treatment.
Herpes zoster of mandibular branch of CN V
Areas of CN V3 involvement include the side of the head, the external ear and external auditory canal, the lower lip, and a portion of the oral mucosa. As when other branches of CN V are involved, prodromal pain in affected areas can result in incorrect diagnoses.
Herpes zoster oticus
Herpes zoster oticus (also termed geniculate zoster, zoster auris, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, or Hunt syndrome) may develop if the geniculate ganglion is involved. This condition is considered rare but more likely is just rarely recognized. It often is mistaken for eczema, Ménière disease, Bell palsy, stroke, and abscess of the ear.
Classically, herpes zoster oticus begins with otalgia and herpetiform vesicles in the external ear canal or on the tympanic membrane, with or without features of facial paralysis resulting from facial nerve (CN VII) involvement, auditory symptoms (eg, deafness), and vestibular symptoms in variable combinations. The syndrome also may result from zoster originating from CN IX or CN X; the external ear has complex innervation that includes branches of several CNs (CN V, CN VII, CN IX, and CN X), as well as vertebral nerve C2 and possibly C3.
Glossopharyngeal and vagal herpes zoster
Glossopharyngeal zoster (herpes pharyngis) and vagal zoster (herpes laryngis) involve the jugular and petrosal ganglia, which are adjacent and often involved in some combination; however, individual involvement of both ganglia has been observed. Painful vesicular rash typically involves the palate, posterior tongue, epiglottis, tonsillar pillars, and, occasionally, the external ear. A unilateral distribution can distinguish this variation of zoster from herpes simplex and herpangina.
Herpes occipitocollaris (vertebral nerves C2 and C3 involvement)
Herpes occipiticollaris involves the posterior scalp, the nuchal area, portions of the ear, and portions of the lower mandible and anterior neck (see the image below). Vertebral nerves C2 and C3 often are involved together. Branches of these 2 vertebral nerves communicate with CN VII and CN X, sometimes causing symptoms related to these cranial nerves as well.
Nuchal or scalp involvement occasionally is confused with folliculitis, furunculosis, cellulitis, erysipelas, or acne keloidalis nuchae. The painful prodrome can result in confusion and misdiagnosis until the classic vesicular rash appears.
Herpes zoster encephalomyelitis
Herpes zoster encephalomyelitis may give rise to localized mild leptomeningitis in the region of neurologic involvement. This is more common than is generally recognized and often results in pleocytosis in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Leptomeningitis most likely occurs when CNs (especially CN V) are involved because of the presence of the recurrent nerve of Arnold, which branches from CN V1 to the tentorium. For this reason, meningeal symptoms (eg, headache, changes in sensorium, fever, and neck stiffness) are most common with HZO.
Rarely, symptoms of meningoencephalitis may be significant; at times, they may be severe enough to cause death. Westenend and Hoppenbrouwers reported fatal hemorrhagic encephalitis in an otherwise healthy woman.[55] Zoster encephalomyelitis may be mistaken for acute poliomyelitis. The spread of VZV to the central nervous system (CNS) also may occur during suppression of host resistance by neoplasms, by cytotoxic drugs, and, possibly, by radiation therapy.
Herpes zoster myelitis
That VZV can produce encephalomyelitis is well documented. More rarely, the myelitis lesion predominates or is the sole feature. The clinical picture is one of acute onset of paraplegia resulting from a diffuse involvement of the spinal cord. The picture is that associated with acute transverse myelopathy.
Spinal cord involvement becomes apparent within 2-3 weeks of the initial rash, with myelopathic findings (usually bilateral) on examination. The disease may progress for 3 weeks, though a few cases of progression for as long as 6 months have been reported in patients with AIDS. Recurrent zoster myelitis is rare, though one case has been reported of a previously healthy young woman who developed recurrent myelopathy at the same spinal level. The condition resolved fully with intravenous (IV) acyclovir treatment.
Disseminated herpes zoster
Disseminated herpes zoster is usually defined as a generalized eruption of more than 10-12 extradermatomal vesicles occurring 7-14 days after the onset of classic dermatomal herpes zoster. Typically, it is clinically indistinguishable from varicella (chickenpox). Dissemination occurs in approximately 2% of zoster cases in the general population but has been observed in as many as 35% of patients who are hospitalized or immunocompromised.
Dissemination often is an indication of depressed cell-mediated immunity caused by various underlying clinical situations, including malignancies, radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy, organ transplants, and long-term use of systemic corticosteroids (short-term use of low-to-moderate doses of corticosteroids does not increase the incidence of dissemination). Patients in whom zoster has disseminated must be observed carefully for the development of pneumonitis and encephalitis, which can be life-threatening.
Unilateral herpes zoster involving multiple dermatomes
Involvement of more than 1 dermatomal distribution in unilateral zoster is rare and usually is considered a harbinger of significant compromise of the immune system caused by AIDS, malignancy, chemotherapy, and other factors. Involvement of 2 dermatomes may be referred to as zoster duplex, and involvement of 3 or more may be referred to as zoster multiplex.
Bilateral herpes zoster
On rare occasions, herpes zoster manifests bilaterally. Bilateral presentations should always raise concern for disseminated disease (and immunocompromise) or for alternate diagnosis, specifically for herpes simplex.
In cases of bilateral zoster, it is not unusual for 1 or 2 adjacent dermatomes to be involved. Unlike examples of multiple dermatomal involvement in unilateral disease (see above), involvement in adjacent dermatomes is not typically a sign of underlying disease (eg, malignancy).
Recurrent herpes zoster
Recurrences of herpes zoster, though rare, are not unheard of and have not been shown to represent any specific event. Most reputed cases of recurrent zoster involve other entities, usually herpes simplex in a linear distribution.
Herpes zoster involving urinary bladder
Rarely, zoster involving the dermatomes of the buttock area (vertebral nerves L1, L2, S2, S3, S4) may be associated with vesicles in the bladder, which can cause severe dysuria and urinary frequency. This picture is easily mistaken for that of cystitis. If vesicles rupture in the bladder, hematuria (another common symptom of cystitis) may occur. Transient bladder paralysis resulting from zoster involving the gluteal and sacral regions and lumbar sympathetic segments has been reported, and acute urinary retention is possible if a motor component exists.
Herpes zoster involving other internal structures
Vesicular involvement has been reported in bronchi, pleural spaces, and the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Zoster pneumonia also has been reported. Such involvement frequently is found in individuals with significantly compromised immune systems. Pain in these areas, like pain on the cutaneous surface, may be referred and does not necessarily indicate the presence of vesicles.
Herpes zoster with motor complications
Although VZV typically invades only sensory nerves (for unknown reasons), viral particles occasionally cross over to the anterior horn of the involved ganglion and cause motor symptoms. These symptoms range from weakness to total paralysis, depending on how many roots of the involved nerve plexus are affected. Whereas most motor involvement (like most sensory involvement) is self-limited, partial or complete paresis can persist indefinitely, particularly when cranial (CN V or VII), phrenic, and extremity nerves are affected.
Paresis may be seen in extraocular muscles, any area of facial innervation, and anywhere along the spinal cord, including the phrenic nerve. Paresis most commonly is observed when muscles of an arm or leg are involved; however, this may be because it is detected most easily at those locations.
Fabian et al reported a patient who had a left upper arm monoplegia after zoster multiplex involving C4, C5, and C6 nerves.[56] The authors believed that the brachial plexus inflammation was an extension of a dorsal ganglionitis. They found that the motor neuropathy was an inflammatory demyelinating process.
Truncal motor involvement may be more common than generally is believed, because both physician and patient easily may overlook a small area of muscle weakness of the central trunk. Paralysis of abdominal musculature can cause a hernial bulge.
Zoster sine herpete
Some cases of VZV reactivation result in a condition known as zoster sine herpete. Patients experience pain and weakness in a dermatomal distribution, and a tender, erythematous, unilateral patch or plaque is apparent, but there are no visible signs of cutaneous vesicles. Like typical herpes zoster (shingles), zoster sine herpete tends to be preceded by dysesthesias.
This condition presents a diagnostic dilemma; however, VZV DNA may be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay of oropharyngeal swabs in patients with zoster peripheral facial palsy. Because such studies are not routine, the true incidence and prevalence are unknown. Furuta et al found that VZV could be demonstrated in 8-25% of patients with acute peripheral facial palsy without cutaneous vesicles.[57]
Although herpes zoster is rarely, if ever, fatal in itself, it may be considered a contributing factor to death in some individuals who are severely debilitated. Westenend and Hoppenbrouwers reported fatal hemorrhagic encephalitis in an otherwise healthy female.[55] The condition has numerous potential nonfatal complications, as follows.
PHN is the most common complication of herpes zoster, affecting as many as 50% of patients older than 60 years. It may develop as a continuation of the pain that accompanies acute zoster, or it may develop after apparent resolution of the initial zoster reactivation. The pain may last for months to years.[5] The underlying pathophysiology of PHN may involve peripheral nerve damage or continued viral activity.
Herpes zoster involving CN V1 (ie, HZO) may be associated with conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulceration, iridocyclitis, glaucoma, and decreased visual acuity or blindness. With ocular involvement, long-term antiviral treatment may be required.
Complications of herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome)—that is, zoster involving CN V, CN IX, and CN X)—may include peripheral facial nerve weakness and deafness. This condition may also produce an acute jugular foramen syndrome.[51]
Herpes zoster may be associated with a secondary bacterial infection at the site of the rash (typically streptococcal or staphylococcal). Necrotizing fasciitis is a possible and devastating complication.
Meningoencephalitis secondary to herpes zoster is more likely to be seen in immunocompromised patients than in immunocompetent patients. Other CNS complications may include myelitis, cranial nerve palsies, and granulomatous angiitis. Granulomatous angiitis may result in the development of a cerebrovascular accident.
Disseminated zoster may be seen in immunocompromised patients. In such cases, hematogenous spread may result in the involvement of multiple dermatomes.
Visceral involvement can also occur. Hong and Elgart have reported GI complications.[58]
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare complication from reactivation of latent VZV. Cresswell et al reported that Guillain-Barré syndrome also resulted from primary VZV infection in an adult.[59]
VZV is being investigated for its possible role in least some cases of chronic fatigue syndrome.[60]
In children, VZV infection may produce a facial palsy[61] ; it may also result in zoster sine herpete, doing so more frequently in children than adults. Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus) tends to be found more often in school-aged children, whereas zoster sine herpete is more likely to be found in preschool children.
Childhood varicella zoster virus infections have been linked with an increased risk of arterial ischemic stroke and may precipitate a childhood arterial ischemic stroke.[62, 63]
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The Art of Badkhones
The prestigious Weimar Prize for major contributions to the cultural life of Weimar has been awarded to the artistic director of Yiddish Summer and the Other Music Academy (OMA), Dr. Alan Bern. read more
Welcome to Yiddish Summer Weimar 2016!
July 10 - August 12
Thanks to a generous grant from the German Federal Cultural Foundation, our festival this year will have more color and variety than ever before. In 2016, Yiddish Summer rocks Weimar with more than 100 concerts, jam sessions, workshops, dances, sing-alongs and many more events for all ages.
Are you looking for something fun and educational to do on vacation? Then look no further than our Festival Week, from August 1– 6, which features nightly concerts of world-class bands and a daily program of hands-on, mini-workshops in Yiddish language, music, dance, literature, cooking and much more. No prior experience is necessary, and you can come for a day or stay the whole week. This year, the festival week also features the premieres of two works created during Yiddish Summer 2016: Bobe Mayses, raucous, Yiddish puppet/street theater, and Gilgul, joyful contemporary Yiddish dance. Also a highlight of Yiddish Summer 2016: YHIP, the first conference to explore historically informed Yiddish performance practice, bringing together leading international artists and scholars: the public is invited!
If you're ready to dive head-first into Yiddish instrumental music (klezmer), vocal music, dance or language, our world-famous, week-long intensive workshops are just the thing. Whether you're a beginner or a professional, you will find a workshop that is right for your level. People from more than 26 countries around the world have discovered the many pleasures of Yiddish culture at Yiddish Summer Weimar, and many return year after year. Yiddish Summer Weimar is a truly international community and we hope you will join us!
You'd like to try a workshop but you're not sure which one is right for you? Then try our new Workshop Finder, or call our office* and we'll be glad to talk it over with you.
We hope to see you this summer in Weimar at the 16th edition of Yiddish Summer!
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Coed beach Frisbee: The deadline is Jan. 8 to sign up for the Winter 2013 Beach Ultimate Frisbee season, which begins Jan. 11 at 1 Granada Ave. Teams will play from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Registration and information: volitude.leagueapps.com.
East Long Beach Pony Baseball: The deadline is Jan. 3 to sign up for this league, which runs February-July and has five divisions (by age) for children 4-12 years old. Registration: elbpony.org.
Lakewood youth baseball: Sign up in January for the following baseball leagues that begin in 2014: Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth Baseball (ages 5-18), season runs February-August; Lakewood Village Little League (ages 5-12), season runs February-July; Heartwell Pony Colt (ages 13-16), season runs February-July; and Heartwell Fast Pitch (ages 6-18), season runs March-June. Information: 562-866-9771, ext. 2408.
Men's slow-pitch softball: Register through Jan. 14 to join this league through Artesia parks. Games will begin Jan. 16. Teams consisting of 10 players 16 years and older will play a minimum of 10 games at 7 p.m. on Thursdays at Artesia Park, 18750 Clarkdale Ave. Registration: 562-860-3361.
Coed slow-pitch softball: Register through Jan. 15 to join this league through Artesia parks. Games will begin Jan. 17. Teams consisting of 10 players 16 and older (of which four must be female) will play a minimum of 10 games at 7 p.m. on Fridays at Artesia Park, 18750 Clarkdale Ave. Registration: 562-860-3361.
Adult softball league: Register by Jan. 15 for men's and coed leagues through Long Beach Parks and Recreation. The season will begin Jan. 27. Registration: (562) 570-1734
Lakewood Little League: Sign up now through March 8 for coed teams for children ages 6-14. The season runs March 8-June 14 at parks throughout the city. Registration: lakewoodlittleleague.org
Whaley Park youth volleyball: United States Youth Volleyball League invites kids ages 7-15 to register for this eight-week course. The course will last from April 2 to June 7. 5620 E. Atherton St. Information: 888-988-7985 and usyvl.org.
Coed beach volleyball league: The deadline is Feb. 1 to sign up for the spring season, which will begin Feb. 8. Games will be played from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at 1 Granada Ave. Save $10 with an early-bird discount before deadline. Registration and information: volitude.leagueapps.com.
Coed flag beach football league: The deadline is Feb.1 for the spring season, which will begin Feb. 9. Games are played from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays at 1 Granada Ave. Save $10 with an early-bird application discount. Registration and information: volitude.leagueapps.com.
Coed beach soccer league: The deadline is Feb. 1 for the season, which will begin Feb. 9. Games will be played Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1 Granada Ave. Registration and information: volitude.leagueapps.com.
Tennis lessons: Valter Paiva Tennis Academy offers lessons for young players weekdays at Billie Jean King Tennis Center, 1040 Park Ave. Information: 714-318-0178.
Free yoga: Yogalution Movement & Ayurveda offers free yoga on the bluff on Ocean Boulevard between Cherry and Junipero avenues. It's offered daily at 11 a.m. and weeknights at 6. All skill levels are welcome. Information: 562-235-5082 and yogalutionmovement.com.
Youth swim team: Children ages 6-14 can register for this class at the Alpert Jewish Community Center of Long Beach, 3801 E. Willow St. This competitive sports team requires swimmers to try out. Participants must be able to swim 25 yards and effectively use all four swim strokes. Cost: $90 per month. Information: 562-426-7601 and alpertjcc.org.
Prep swim team: Children ages 5-12 can register for this class at Alpert Jewish Community Center of Long Beach. This team readies participants for swim teams, junior lifeguard programs and water polo. Participants must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle with side breathing. Cost: $90 per month. Information: 562-426-7601 and alpertjcc.org.
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Lee Krasnerby Robert Carleton Hobbs, Lee Krasner
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This is a complete reappraisal of Lee Krasner (1908-1984), who, along with her husband, Jackson Pollock, was among the artists who launched the New York School of painting after World War II. One of the few critically recognized female Abstract Expressionists of her generation, she has emerged as an essential figure in postwar American art. This lavishly illustrated book, the companion to a major traveling exhibition, takes a fresh look at Krasner and highlights the striking originality and complexity of her work. Krasner saw her art as an open-ended exploration and a dialogue with a wide range of artistic, literary, and cultural voices. Complete with never-before-published excerpts from the diary of writer B. H. Friedman, a longtime associate of Krasner's who provides priceless insights into this pivotal period of American history, this book is essential for any art library. This book and the exhibition it accompanies were developed by Independent Curators International (ICI), a non-profit organization that creates innovative, provocative traveling exhibitions of contemporary art that have been presented in museums and university galleries worldwide.
Editorial Reviews
B.H. Friedman, Pollock's first biographer, introduces the book with a gripping series of intimate, you-are-there diary entries from the long years of his friendship with the two artists. Then Hobbs weaves biography and critical interpretation to develop the main text of the book. The reproductions of Krasner's drawings and paintings (97 in color) are excellent, giving a fair picture of her long career, and there are more than a score of black-and-white archival photos of Krasner and the other early abstract expressionists. The book has a few odd omissions though, such as any reference to Mark Tobey, whose "white writing" paintings and others are so closely related stylistically to Krasner's work of the 1940s. Still, this is the respectful but objective book Krasner's vigorous work and forceful personality deserve. It sheds sympathetic light on her lifelong, intellectually rigorous, artistic questing." Peggy Moorman, Amazon
"This impressive critical-biographical study confirms Lee Krasner (1908-1984) as one of the major abstract expressionist artists. Though heavily influenced by her husband Jackson Pollock, she challenged and eventually abandoned his style through a series of paintings that Hobbs interprets as a feminist critique of the macho-oriented art of Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and their cronies. An art history professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Hobbs follows Krasner, daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn, as she transforms herself from well-connected, belligerent young avant-garde painter to supportive, possessive, acquiescent wife and then to an eclectic pioneer who used her art as an intense confrontation with her subconscious. Her swirling biomorphs, jagged collages, radiant lush abstractions, mythic fragments and apocalyptic images of cities are among the works reproduced in 48 color and 67 b & w plates." Publishers Weekly
Praise for the Modern Masters series:
"Each author has thoroughly done his or her homework, knows the historical, critical and personal contexts intimately, and writes extraordinarily well." Artnews
Product Details
- 9781558596511
- Publisher:
- Abbeville Press, Incorporated
- Publication date:
- 09/01/1993
- Series:
- Modern Masters Series, #15
- Pages:
- 128
- Product dimensions:
- 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
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Lee Krasner occupies a special place in the history of Abstract Expressionism. The only major female in a group of artists known for their misogyny, she offers a welcome antidote to their macho-oriented individuality. Much of her work provides a feminist critique of Abstract Expressionism in particular and the male ego in general. Whereas many of the Abstract Expressionists suffered bitterly in the course of their individual questsseveral were diagnosed alcoholics and at least two committed suicideKrasner tended to thrive on adversity. Rather than viewing herself and her art as autonomous, she approached her work as a profoundly important forum for dealing with ideas about the self, nature, and modern life.
Krasner's friend John Graham once wrote, "Starting a painting is starting an argument in terms of canvas and paint." Taking Graham a step further, she turned the process of painting into an intense debate with herself and with other artists. She took her aesthetic cues from the male Abstract Expressionists, but in many cases she used her work to counter their artistic assertions. Her many statements about her life with Jackson Pollock and her indebtedness to his style indicate that Krasner never admitted, even to herself, that she had challenged and eventually abandoned him. Her sense of honor demanded that she play the role of devoted wife and faithful disciple, but what she could not admit verbally she expressed in her art. Her work vividly chronicles her initial reassessment of Pollock's art and her later critique of aspects of Abstract Expressionism in general. Beginning with her last group of Little Images and continuing, more radically, in herfirst black-and-white collages, Krasner evaluated Pollock's late work and found it lacking in intellectual rigor. She continued this critique when she cut up Pollock's abandoned paint-spattered canvases and used them in several collages. Although this act might be viewed as a commendable reclamation, it was also an act of aggression, given Pollock's inactivity and deeply depressed state. For Krasner this mode of working was productive since it enabled her to acknowledge and redirect the self-destructive forces in her own nature.
Like many creative individuals, Krasner tended to be inconsistent, and critics have come to radically different conclusions about hersome declaring that she was independent, others that she was dependent; some declaring that she needed to control, others that she desired to be controlled. Krasner was capable of continuing feuds for decades, but she could also inspire and maintain significant friendships throughout her life. Intelligent and well-read, she worried if she did not "forget enough" so that the ideas she encountered could later be absorbed into her own art. Her long-term friend John Bernard Myers succinctly summed up her appeal to a variety of people in terms of "her wild gaiety" and her "sense of humor that was irresistible and irrepressible."
Physically, Krasner embodied some of the same contradictions that were part of her personality. Her facial features were too strong to be considered conventionally attractive (even Pollock denigrated her appearance on a number of occasions), but she had such a beautiful body that she worked as a model at the Art Students League and as a fashion designer's model. Lillian Olinsey, a friend from the Hofmann School of Fine Arts, remembers being initially impressed, in 1937, with Krasner's sensuousness, recalling her as "both attractive and repulsive, a very striking individual . . . and a great presence."
Krasner no doubt used her art as a way to resolve the various contradictions in herself. She was involved in a relentless search that entailed cycles of both creative and destructive periods. Because Krasner worked only when inspired, she was subject to long periods of inactivity followed by intensely productive times when she let go of everything in order to follow her inspiration. Sometimes she would stop for months and then begin again by cutting up old paintings and using them to create new collages.
Given the number of different approaches that Krasner used in her art, she sometimes appeared to be unsure of her direction. But when one considers the quality of the works themselves and their relationship to the styles she was critiquing, her series of changes was fully justified. In the 1940s she was learning to value her intuition as a worthwhile source for her art. After coming to terms with this aspect of herself, she carried on an aesthetic conversation with the other Abstract Expressionists during the 1950s. To the formalist art of the 1960s and early 1970s, she brought a wealth of experience, a wide emotional range, and an ability to play with formal elements and at the same time deal with profoundly important metaphors. Later she developed many of the tactics of the postmodernists, who were emphasizing the problems inherent in art as a mode of communication. Although always an Abstract Expressionist, she carried on a dialogue with a number of new styles. In this respect she learned from Pablo Picasso, who played with both past and present art as sources. But unlike Picasso, who comprehended the complexities of his aesthetic games and enjoyed them immensely, Krasner distrusted her own intelligence. In her art she attempted instead to trust her unconscious to lead her to what she regarded as true feelings rather than socially conditioned responses.
The abrupt changes in Krasner's style, coupled with her consistently voiced adulation of Pollock's paintings and touch criticism of her own work, were probably responsible for delaying the critical acceptance of her art. Slights and perceived injustices from critics tended to make her furious, but she transformed her anger into astute critiques of the art theories promoted by those who infuriated her. Her fights with the two major critics of Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg, and her predilection for speaking her mind made her a force to be reckoned with, and often avoided. But as she told the critic Barbara Cavaliere in 1980: "Not having been a giant success in my life has been, in the end, a blessing. I can afford now to do as I wish. . . . So I'd like to take advantage of the situation and not predict what my next paintings will be."
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and there were hundreds of comments that said thye screwed up, but the note said the MBs were going away...
was 40 when they had the trial problem, dropped to 28, the FDA just approved a re-start of the trial, and JUNO is at 34.50. Seems like it could go up more. People die in trials all the time, they do these trials on very sick people, esp with the JUNO product.
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AMZN off 01, why??
NXTM a buck off it's highs.
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Read the press release, it's a little funny.
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Ever wonder what it would have been like if wild and crazy Steve Martin had written an episode of "The Twilight Zone"? Well, wonder no more. The zany actor/comedian made playwright rookie of the year with this, the script of his first comedy, set in a bar in 1904 Paris. Two of the regulars, twentysomethings Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, argue about the art of physics and the physics of art as they try to impress and bed a pretty girl. And then the space/time/culture continuum ruptures, and they're joined by a figure from the future who seems to be . . . Elvis Presley! Read for yourself why the show's been done Off-Broadway and at regionals around the country. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Actor-comedian Martin is also an accomplished writer of screenplays, short stories, and now stage plays. The present work is his first full-length play and has enjoyed commercial success in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. It depicts an imaginary meeting of Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in 1904 Paris, exploring the impact of art and science on our rapidly changing society. A surprise visit by Elvis adds some satiric commentary from a late-20th-century perspective. Among the other three short plays is Wasp, a stinging look at idealized 1950s suburban life. Though not essential, this is recommended for modern drama collections in larger public and academic libraries.?Howard E. Miller, M.L.S., St. Louis
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"Picasso At The Lapin Agile" brings two geniuses to the Lapin Agile: Picasso and Einstein, both young men in 1904. A clever round of discussion starts from there, with the two great men examining science and the culture around them. There are two one-act plays; the first is "Zig-Zag Woman," which is about an emotionally desperate women whose body is in three pieces and her conversations with three men.
The second one-act is "Patter For the Floating Lady," a surreal bit about a magician levitating his former love. "WASP" is perhaps the most biting, hilarious play of this collection -- a dark satire of the white-bread middle-classes of the 1950s. Martin expertly lampoons the religious, social, and cultural conventions of the WASPs of the time, with a father who doesn't know best, a pair of troublemaking kids, and a homemaker mom who talks with the voices in her head.
Martin's plays are both cynical and silly (he identifies a luxury item as "a thing you have that annoys other people that you have it"), with plenty of humor both dark and light. The two shorter works are the weakest. While "Patter" has some sweet, sad moments, these are too brief and unformed to make as much of an impression.
But "Picasso" and "WASP" are gems. The first is philosophical pondering, lightened with plenty of humor and an Elvis cameo. The second is dark absurdist satire that is more openly goofy.Read more ›
And then there's The Zig-Zag Woman, Patter for the Floating Lady, and Wasp. No, there's not a stark contrast here -- there are certainly some memorable characters in these pieces. But it's almost like we've been given a glance into early drafts, something Martin planned to make more of in the future that never quite realized their potential. They're cute little throwaway one-acts, that never would've made their way into a book on their own. Thankfully, Picasso at the Lapin Agile is worth the purchase price alone, so you can view these other pices simply as bonus material.
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I really enjoyed reading the play. What made it even better was seeing the play a few months later. I definitely recommend reading the book before it is on stage. Read morePublished on July 6 2004
Steve Martin was never in the Naked Gun movies. You are thinking of a far less skilled actor and comedian, Leslie Neilson. If I were Steve, I'd be offended.Published on June 28 2004 by SP
Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a wonderful play, with a great deal of tongue-in-cheek humor, dry wit, and intelligent riddles. Read morePublished on March 28 2002
picasso has to be the wittiest play i've ever seen performed. Such intelligent humor. The jokes sometimes take awhile to get, but once you get them they're worth it. Read morePublished on March 1 2002
Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a very funny play. The other pieces are good, too, but Picasso is the best of the bunch. Read morePublished on Jan. 19 2002 by Jeff South
I've never seen any of the plays performed, but I like them so much, I'm getting ready to stage my own take on these plays.Published on Aug. 6 2001 by Joe Lee
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The title and theme immediately put me in mind of the Angelique books which my friends and I read avidly (and surreptitiously) in high school. Though not of the same racy nature, this works the same territory of historical fiction with an exotic setting, romantic tone, and compelling characters. You know its a good story when you forsake the days tasks and curl up on the sofa to read till you are finished. Both my teen reader and I fell under its spell.
One is immediately drawn into the book and sympathetic to Angeline as she stands on the block in an Egyptian slave market, after participating in the tragic madness of the Childrens Crusade of 1212 A.D. The Crusade, in which thousands of children died or were sold into slavery, is explained in the Prologue and portrayed through horrific flashbacks of Angelines experiences. The memory of those children-of all the lost children-was a searing ache within her that she would carry for the rest of her life.
The Crusade is but one of several strong topics dealt with in the book, along with female sexual slavery (concubinage, harems), the hostile relationship between Christianity and Islam, the question of God and faith, and the two-edged power of religion which can lead astray but also fortify. The depiction of cultural and religious intolerances based on ignorance-i.e. the core beliefs of the Christian crusades against the Muslim infidel-are timely, given the present day battles between fundamentalist Christians and fundamentalist Muslims. Reading Bradford, one might wonder have we yet left the Middle Ages.
I must confess to an uneasiness at the almost cosy depiction of female slavery and would question the description of the Emirs sexual use of Angeline as kind and respectful. Given that she had no choice in the matter and was not willing, this would normally be called rape. Yet one is forced to ruminate upon the question of how real people survive in these situations, the compromises they make, and the possibility, however slight, of their achieving happiness within such restricted parameters. The author tells us in her historical note that slaves were treated well in the Muslim society of Egypt; most of the children sold there eventually were able to make good lives for themselves.
At any rate, Bradford does not shy away from these difficult topics and her young readers will appreciate her straightforward manner. More importantly, she does not allow the weight of message or moralising to interfer with her story. This is a powerful coming-of-age tale of a courageous young woman who faces terrible hardship but remains true to herself and her will to survive-I must take care of myself-ultimately grasping happiness against the odds.
A final word on the writing: it flows as smoothly and sweetly as honey over dates. The occasional use of archaic syntax and vocabulary adds an antique flavour to the prose, while the evocation of colour, scent, desert image and suq carry you off to Cairo.
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Karleen Bradford is the acclaimed author of 21 children's and young adult books, including five books about the Crusades. Angeline was nominated for the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award; Lionheart's Scribe was nominated for a Silver Birch Award, among others; and There Will Be Wolves was the winner of the CLA Young Adult Book Award. Karleen Bradford lives in Owen Sound, Ontario.


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All-time "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings recently published his second book, Ken Jennings' Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days. Jennings fills CL in on Mormons, virgins, moustaches and German art film. He comes to the Literary Center at the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum Tuesday, Feb. 5, to sign copies and host a trivia night.
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The Beastie Boys could have been bigger than Eminem, according to Russell Simmons, the man behind the music label Def Jam. Back in the 80s, Mike Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horowitz were a juggernaut in the rap scene, putting raw energy and a positive edge behind some of the most classic rap music ever... Show More Summary
A blistering rendition in honor of Adam 'MCA' Yauch, who passed away four years ago today.
Chaotic LA punks FIDLAR have shared a cover of the Beastie Boys' 1994 Ill Communication track "Sabotage" as a dedication to Adam "MCA" Yauch, who passed away four years ago yesterday. Listen and compare to the original below.
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The surviving members of the Beastie Boys have confirmed they will never perform live again.
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After a long bout with cancer, the music world has lost Adam "MCA" Yauch who was one third of the recent Hall of Fame inductee; The Beastie Boys. We have made reference on this website to the pioneering efforts of the group and our belief that they should be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Show More Summary
by Jazmine Hughes Are the Beastie Boys done? "We're done. Oh yeah. Adam Yauch started the band. It's not like a thing where we could continue without him." Never contemplated it? "No." Does that require a psychological adjustment? The band that you were in your entire life no longer exists. "It's a huge deal. Show More Summary
It seemed obvious, but it's officially official now: Beastie Boys are done. The group's Adam Horovitz told GQ that since the late Adam Yauch started the group, the remaining two members (understandably) decided they couldn't continue without him. Show More Summary
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On Monday, Tony Gwynn died from complications related to salivary cancer, the same disease that claimed the life of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch two years ago. When Yauch died at the hospital where I work in Manhattan, I was shaken. A whole generation got a little older that day. Show More Summary
Beastie Boys already prevailed in legal battles against GoldieBlox and Monster Energy this year, and now they seem likely to win a third. Before Adam Yauch died, the record label Tuf America sued Beastie Boys over the use of uncleared samples from Trouble Funk's "Say What" and "Let's Get Small" on the Beasties' Dust-Brothers-produced 1989 [...]
The Beastie Boys were victorious on Thursday, winning $1.7 million in a copyright lawsuit against Monster Beverage. Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, and the estate of Adam "MCA" Yauch filed the suit against the energy...Show More Summary
Last week, during the Beastie Boys' court battle against Monster Energy Drink, Mike D said something we all already knew: After the death of Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys are done. Here's what he said: "We have not been able to tour since MCA, Adam Yauch, died. We can't make new music." Honestly, this is [...]
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Created shortly after the death of Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch in 2012, Canadian illustrator Derek Langille turned the hip-hop trio's much-loved "Sabotage" video into vintage Marvel Comics-style comic book pages. The seven-page tribute includes a ripped front cover and back page ad featuring a photo of the late-rapper. images via Derek Langille via DJ [...]
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Next Choral Evensong
Sunday - September 18, 2016
Pequot Chapel
New London, CT
The Anglican Singers travelled
Washington, D.C
to sing
Morning and Evening Serivces
Washington National Cathedral
on June 5, 2016.
The 2015-2016 Season
Our 20th year as
Artists-in-Residence at
St. james Episcopal Church
The Anglican Singers
2017 Choral Residency
The Anglican Singers are pleased to announce their selection for choral residency
at both
Truro Cathedral, Cornwall
Exeter Cathedral, Devon
from July 28 through August 6, 2017.
The Calvary Episcopal Church Choristers, Stonington, CT
Dear Anglican Singers,
Thank you so much for inviting us to sing at your church. It was such an amazing experience for us. You were very kind and we thank you.
Since 1996 Artists-in-Residence at historic
St. James Episcopal Church, New London, CT