Sargent and Italy by Jane Dini
An illustrated catalogue, which evokes the romantic fascination with Italy that glimmers in the work of John Singer Sargent.
Sargent became one of the most international American artists of his day, shuttling around Italy, France, England, and the United States, but he knew Italy most intimately.. [He] hated the dull routine of society portraiture, and his Italian trips--painting peasants in Capri, Venetian bead stringers, Alpine brooks--refreshed him. -- Katherine Zoepf New York Times Book Review [Sargent's] synthesis of the classic and the contemporary plays with light and shadow to create a shimmering sensuality... [He] seemed to revel in the freedom which watercolors provide, and it is tempting to see these later Italian works as a release of sorts from the murals and high-toned portraits... [T]hese paintings, of gardens, quarries, cypresses, and of his family and friends on holiday, convey a powerful sense of that liberation. -- Michael Carlson Times Literary Supplement Extremely well written and filled with magnificent reproductions, this beautiful volume offers the first in-depth and original study of this great artist in many years. Booklist Beautiful and informative... Italy was extremely influential on Sargent's work, which makes this a significant addition to book son Sargent. Library Journal With each new book on the ever-popular John Singer Sargent, readers learn more about the substantive complexities of an artist too often dismissed as simply a fashionable portraitist. The attraction of this appealing book ... is the opportunity it affords for scholarly focus on a key aspect of Sargent's career. Choice Sargent and Italy, a lavishly illustrated volume ... reminds us that Italy is both a place and an idea... The idea of Italy--a metaphor for excess, romance and seduction--has ... been ... important to artists, among them John Singer Sargent... Sargent and Italy insists, convincingly, that Sargent's vision of Italy was ultimately his own. -- Christopher Capozzola The Art Book
Bruce Robertson is Chief Curator of the Center for American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is author of books on Winslow Homer and Marsden Hartley. Jane Dini is the Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at California State University, Los Angeles. Ilene Susan Fort is Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Stephanie L. Herdrich is Research Associate of American Paintings and Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. R.W.B. Lewis Retired Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University and Master of the Residential College of Calhoun. He is author of the Pulitzer prize-winning "Edith Wharton: A Biography" and "The City of Florence: Historical Vistas and Personal Sightings". Richard Ormond is Sargent's grand nephew and current project director of the John S. Sargent catalogue raisonne, as well as one-time director of the National Maritime Museum and ex-Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery. He is author of numerous books on Sargent including "John Singer Sargent" (Princeton).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691113289 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691113289 |
| Title | Sargent and Italy |
| Author | Jane Dini |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2003-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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