Book 5 - Deborah Davis "Strapless"

[jazzy_dave]

Deborah Davis "Strapless" (Tarcher)




Great Book! I started this book late December not expecting to be interested and ended up hardly able to put it down. I remember learning a very little about John Singer Sargent in school. This is a book I would recommend to teachers. It is not only a really great look at the art world in the 1800's but I found the brief looks at Wagner, Proust, Oscar Wilde,Sarah Bernhardt etc.,etc. very interesting


In fact this book's casual tone and brisk pace belie the serious scholarship it's so clearly been based on. This would be an excellent gift for anyone interested in recent art history, 1880s Paris, or just a light, informative non-fiction read.

Comments

[ravena-kade.livejournal.com]

sounds like it would be a good read for me,

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to read that.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good read for all artists.
Hugs, Jon

[penpusher.livejournal.com]

Madame X is quite possibly my favorite portrait at the Met, but I never really knew the controversy about her until I heard about the "strapless" version.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

I need to read more non-fiction...