A touch of blossom : John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art
"Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality and a new sense of subjectivity, anticipating certain aspects of artistic modernism&quo...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park, Pa.
: Pennsylvania State University Press
, 2010
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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[Rezension von: Alison Syme, A touch of blossom, John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of Fin-de-Siècle art] |
| Author Notes: | Alison Syme |
| Summary: | "Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality and a new sense of subjectivity, anticipating certain aspects of artistic modernism"--Provided by publisher "Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality and a new sense of subjectivity, anticipating certain aspects of artistic modernism"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 324 S zahlr. Ill |
| ISBN: | 9780271036229 |
