Deborah Davis (1) (1952–)
Autor(a) de Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X
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About the Author
Deborah Davis is a writer and veteran film executive who has worked as a story editor and story analyst She lives in Montclair, New Jersey
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1952
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Ocupações
- art historian
Membros
Críticas
Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort por Deborah Davis
I’m reading a nonfiction book in each state and this was for Rhode Island. It was an absolute gossipy delight! I did not know all the history of the rich & famous in Newport and every short chapter was full of trivia. I highly recommend this if you enjoy the show Gilded Age. It covers a wider time period, but starts with a focus on many of the show’s main characters.
Very, very immersive, filled with gossipy details...however, it was impossible to fully enjoy this book with the knowledge hovering in the back of my mind that Capote's ball was only made possible because of the murders of the Clutter family.
I loved this book! It was fascinating to learn about both the background of the portrait and sitter along with the painting's reception. Hard to imagine exhibiting a painting and being faced with reviews that described it as "hideous" and "nauseating" and calling her skin tones "Corpse-ish" and "moldy". Besides reading about the scandal associated with Madame X, the book is packed with lots of interesting tidbits about life and society during Sargent's lifetime. For instance Sargent's portrait of Dr. Pozzi was the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". And again poor Dr. Pozzi was the source for the character of the "pompous physician" in Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past". This was a fun read.… (mais)
This writer does justice to the history of this era as it relates to the famed artistry of John Singer Sargent and infamous painting of Madame X. I loved the way she wrote about the artist relationship with the people who are the subjects well done
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 8
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 1,061
- Popularidade
- #24,266
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 41
- ISBN
- 117
- Línguas
- 5