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Book project: John Singer Sargent and the Unmaking of History
While the work of Paul Cezanne is often seen as the zenith of modernism, the paintings of John Singer Sargent are considered by many to be its nadir. This book project works to reveal the complexities of the portraits Sargent painted in England from the late 1880's to the early 1900's, a period of intense economic, social, psychological and aesthetic upheaval. Close studies of individual portraits--particularly the layered, ever-shifting way Sargent paints the relation between the bodies of his subjects and their clothing, are illuminated by the psychological, philosophical, medical, and economic writings of the period. Finally, it turns out to be very relevant that Sargent's father was originally a Philadelphia surgeon who wrote--and illustrated--a widely read book on "Bandaging."
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