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A touch of blossom : John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art
- Title
- A touch of blossom : John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art / Alison Syme.
- Author
- Syme, Alison (Alison Mairi)
- Publication
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 11-612 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
- Description
- xvi, 324 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The birds and the bees -- La vie en rose -- Lascivious digitation, or The importance of manual stimulation to the invert artist -- Dr. Octogynecologist -- Portrait of the artist as a young ladybird -- The sting -- Conclusion: Leaf taking.
- Call Number
- JQF 11-612
- ISBN
- 9780271036229 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271036222 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009043575
- OCLC
- 458583565
- Author
- Syme, Alison (Alison Mairi)
- Title
- A touch of blossom : John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art / Alison Syme.
- Imprint
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 11-612