I totally agree with your first paragraph here when you said, “the artist John Singer Sargent became much more real to me”. After reading the first two readings before, I did learn a lot about the painter, but he seemed like another dead artist to me in history. But after reading, “How John Singer Sargent Made a Scene”, people who read it get a…[Read more]
In reply to - chynellemenezes wrote a new post, Sept. 10 – A Scene or a Lie?, on the site New York Scenes With two readings, “How John Singer Sargent Made a Scene” by Sarah Churchwell and “Every Portrait Tells a Lie” by Debra […]↧