John Singer Sargent returned to Venice many times during his life, endlessly fascinated with this enchanting city. In paintings filled with vivid colors and dazzling light, he sought to capture its vitality and unique ambience, often working while afloat in a gondola. This gorgeously illustrated book presents nearly seventy of Sargent s oil and watercolor paintings of Venice, many of them famous but others only rarely seen. The book also contains fascinating new photographs of actual sites depicted in Sargent s paintings. ...
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John Singer Sargent returned to Venice many times during his life, endlessly fascinated with this enchanting city. In paintings filled with vivid colors and dazzling light, he sought to capture its vitality and unique ambience, often working while afloat in a gondola. This gorgeously illustrated book presents nearly seventy of Sargent s oil and watercolor paintings of Venice, many of them famous but others only rarely seen. The book also contains fascinating new photographs of actual sites depicted in Sargent s paintings. Sargent s early works in Venice were created in 1880-1882, and he undertook a second, larger body of work in the city during visits from 1900 to 1913. His responses to Veniceits local figures, its buildings and waterways, its extraordinary lightreflect his changing interests over time as well as his lifelong ability to extend his own reach as a creative artist. The book considers various aspects of Sargent s work and milieu in a series of informative essays by international scholars. They discuss the evolution of Sargent s style, the topography of his work in Venice, his connections with Henry James and other Americans in Venice, Italian artists in Venice in the nineteenth century, and American artists in Venice in the nineteenth century."
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VG-front cover very slightly warped. Color illus. dj.; Green cloth over boards; 223 pp.; 210 plates and figures, 24 bw and 186 color. Contains five essays, including "Sargent's Life: Routes to Venice" by Warren Adelson, "'A Knock-Down Insolence of Talent': Sargent, James, and Venice" by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, and more; Beautiful plates and figures and well researched.
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Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9780300117172. VG+/VG+ 1st ed Yale hardback, unclipped DJ, profusely illustrated. Light shelf-wear and signs of usage only, bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0300117175. ISBN/EAN: 9780300117172. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092113.
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Fine in fine jacket. 210 illustrations, 186 in full color, map. 223pp. 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2006). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Chapters by: William H. Gerdts, Elaine Kilmurray, Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, Richard Ormond, and Elizabeth Oustinoff.
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Used-Like New in As New jacket. John Singer Sargent returned to Venice many times during his life, endlessly fascinated with this enchanting city. In paintings filled with vivid colors and dazzling light, he sought to capture its vitality and unique ambience, often working while afloat in a gondola. This gorgeously illustrated book presents nearly seventy of Sargent s oil and watercolor paintings of Venice, many of them famous but others only rarely seen. The book also contains fascinating new photographs of actual sites depicted in Sargent s paintings. Sargent s early works in Venice were created in 1880-1882, and he undertook a second, larger body of work in the city during visits from 1900 to 1913. His responses to Veniceits local figures, its buildings and waterways, its extraordinary lightreflect his changing interests over time as well as his lifelong ability to extend his own reach as a creative artist. The book considers various aspects of Sargent s work and milieu in a series of informative essays by international scholars. They discuss the evolution of Sargent s style, the topography of his work in Venice, his connections with Henry James and other Americans in Venice, Italian artists in Venice in the nineteenth century, and American artists in Venice in the nineteenth century. ' Very nice, clean, like-new copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.
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New. 0300117175. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 224 pp. With 210 ills. (186 col. ). 32 x 26 cm. --with a bonus offer--
