Sargent: Cultural Recall in the Present

by Hilliard T. Goldfarb

While John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is most known for his salon portraits, his late landscape paintings -- notably those completed from 1905 to 1917 -- mark an important departure for him. in them he explored stylistic avenues suggested by the late impressionists while reflecting a contemporaneous Victorian interest in unspoiled nature.T. J. Jackson Lears places the late landscapes in the context of the time, travel, attention, and exploratory interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914660128
• ISBN13: 9780914660125
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Gardner Museum
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.8" x 10.8"