- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Abbeville Press; New edition edition (Sep 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0789207486
- ISBN-13: 978-0789207487
- Product Dimensions: 34 x 28.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.6 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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#117,204 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( S-U ) > Sargent, John Singer
- #61 in Books > Arts & Photography > History & Criticism > Regional > United States
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"...a truly lively, tangy biography of an artist, with layouts and reproductions that do the paintings proud." -- Newsday
"Never before have Sargent's talents been so gloriously displayed as they are here. Quite simply, this... is a stunner... -- Christian Science Monitor
"Not just another art history book, no title in recent memory recalls with such exactitude the style of an era... -- The New York Times
"The spontaneity, elegance, and grace that characterize Sargent's work are everywhere evident on these large, luminous pages... A visual delight." -- Art and Antiques
"Never before have Sargent's talents been so gloriously displayed as they are here. Quite simply, this... is a stunner... -- Christian Science Monitor
"Not just another art history book, no title in recent memory recalls with such exactitude the style of an era... -- The New York Times
"The spontaneity, elegance, and grace that characterize Sargent's work are everywhere evident on these large, luminous pages... A visual delight." -- Art and Antiques
Book Description
The name of John Singer Sargent evokes paintings of marvelously gowned Edwardian belles, of brooding aristocrats and princes of industry--insightful portraits executed with dazzling virtuosity.
Sargent's enduring popularity has prompted a thoughtful reappraisal by prominent art critic Carter Ratcliff, who shows us the surprising breadth of the artist's work. Never before has a book so thoroughly represented that variety: 110 lavish color plates and more than 200 halftones convey the brilliance of his portraits, the exuberance of his watercolors, the stately pomp of his murals. It is perhaps the watercolors that are most exciting to contemporary eyes--bold, spontaneous, and vividly hued, they have a breathtaking immediacy.
Born in Florence in 1856 to American parents, Sargent spent a nomadic childhood before going to Paris to study painting. He learned quickly and by the 1880s had begun the steady climb to fame that ultimately placed him at the center of his world, with a circle of friends and rivals that included Henry James, Claude Monet, and James McNeill Whistler. When Sargent died in 1925, a childhood companion wrote in her memorial that "the summing up of a would-be biographer must, I think be: He painted." It is the strikingly beautiful results of that lifelong devotion to his art that glow throughout the pages of this incomparable book.
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338 illustrations, 110 in full color. 256 pages. 11 x 13" trim size. Published in 2001.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not a bible but a book of John Singer Sargent,
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This review is from: John Singer Sargent (Hardcover)
This heavily packed artbook of John Singer Sargent's work is worth buying for any American impressionist fans. Every page is full of excellent descriptions and backgrounds of his work and life. Not to forget the colourful pages of Sargent's painting and drawings. However, if you want a complete book or at least a heavy packed bible about Sargent and his works, well, this book wouldn't satisfy you much. This is a book more of an introductory and coffeetable book for the regular art audience.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolutely fine piece of visual reference,
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This review is from: John Singer Sargent (Hardcover)
Most likely the best book about Sargent published to date. The colours are brilliant. The text well constructed. The visual detail is quite thorough. If one's to purchase only one book about Sargent this is the one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great rational art writing,
By otowi@aol.com (Los Alamos, NM) - See all my reviews
This review is from: John Singer Sargent (Hardcover)
It's nice to find a book on the subject of painting wherein the writing is almost as good as the painting described. Carter Ratcliff has a fluid, no-nonsense style that helps the reader to understand J.S. Sargent and his milieu.
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