The Janus Gate by Douglas Rees

The Janus Gate by Douglas Rees

Everyone who looks at "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit", the grand-scale painting by John Singer Sargent that hangs in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, is drawn into its mysteries. Who are these four girls, dressed in prim pinafores? Why is the composition so far off balance? Why are two of the girls cloaked so completely in shadows that their "portraits" are little more than ghostly ciphers? Author Douglas Rees explores the complexities of this masterpiece with a psychological thriller that lets Sargent himself tell the story behind the canvas. When one of the girls scratches the words "Help us" on a scrap of drawing paper, Sargent realizes that he alone has the power to save them. Will the great portraitist paint the girls as they appear - or will he show the reality of their dark, mysterious lives? It is a part of the "Art Explorers" series.

Douglas Rees is the author of Smoking Mirror: An Encounter with Paul Gauguin, which was a selection of the Junior Library Guild. The New York Times Book Review called his picture book Grandy Thaxter's Helper "easily the most winning book about outsmarting death (or almost anything else) in many a season."

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ISBN 13	9780823004065
ISBN 10	0823004066
Title	The Janus Gate
Author	Douglas Rees
Series	Art Encounters Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Watson-Guptill Publications
Year published	2006-04-01
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.