The career of John Sargent, perhaps the greatest painter of his time, and surely one of the greatest portrayers and interpreters of it in his famous portraits of its most eminent and most representative figures, is here chronicled in successive stages.The figure of the hero stands out in high relief from the narrative which his personality pervades. A wealth of anecdote and of letters enriches the record of work, travel, and triumph, from student days under Carolus-Duran to the time...

Dancing in the Blue Room, written in dual timelines by J.R. Sargent, embraces the unrelenting friendship between two teenage boys nicknamed Shorty and Rabbit. Set in rural Kentucky during the fabulous fifties, but not so fabulous for gay people, this heartfelt humorous and tragic story is personified by the allure of, hot rod cars, jitterbug dancing, daredevil flying, and teenage sex. Navigating the boys’ journey through the coming-of-age years, will stir the embers of baby boomer...

John Singer Sargent was an American leading portrait painter of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created about 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from Venice to the Tyrol, Corfu, the Middle East, Montana, Maine, and Florida. In 1907, at the age of fifty-one, Sargent officially closed his studio and focused on landscapes in his later years. After 1917, most critics began to...

For nearly two thousand years the existence of a great Southland, in the ocean of the southern hemisphere, corresponding to the land mass of the Old World in the northern, was a matter of doubt and dispute among geographers. In the sixteenth century, this land begins to appear vaguely on globes and charts; possibly the information was due to the Malays and Arabs, who were skilful sailors and made long voyages in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It has been thought that the Portuguese, approa...

In the great land mass which is formed by Europe and Asia is included upwards of a third of the land surface of the Globe and about two-thirds of the total population. Grouped at the western end are the three hundred and fifty millions of Europe, while the majority of the seven hundred millions of Asia are crowded into the southeastern corner. Between the two, from the Red Sea coast of Arabia to the western boundary of China, lies a broad band of desert and steppe, mountain and plateau, th...

Describes the trends, diversity and differences in Japanese and British geographical studies.

REPORT OF The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations. ON THE PETITION of the Honourable Thomas Walpole and his Associates, for a Grant of Lands on the River Ohio in North America. My Lords, Pursuant to your lordships order of the 25th May 1770, we have taken into our consideration the humble memorial of the honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, in behalf of themselves and their associates, setting forth (among Other things) "That t...

The collection "The Life of Rev. Henry Martyn" stands as a testament to the spiritual and missionary zeal of a remarkable figure within the religious and cultural landscapes of the early 19th century. Through a carefully curated selection of writings, including letters, journal entries, and theological discourses, the anthology reflects Martyn's unwavering dedication to his faith and his relentless pursuit of intercultural understanding. The varied literary styles, ranging from deeply pers...

Sargent was born in Florence, in 1856, the son of cultivated parents. When Sargent entered the school of Carolus-Duran he attained much more than the average pupils. His father was a retired Massachusetts gentleman, having practised medicine in Philadelphia. Sargent’s home life was penetrated with refinement, and outside it were the beautiful influences of Florence, combining the charms of sky and hills with the wonders of art in the galleries and the opportunities of an intellectual and a...

Painter of languid, elegant, Edwardian beauties and sharply dressed gentlemen, John Singer Sargent was the ultimate society painter. He knew everyone who was anyone and was on personal terms with many of them, including Edward VII and the U.S. presidents Roosevelt and Wilson. This social standing was justified. Sargent was one of the greatest portrait painters ever, able to convey the personality and style of his sitters—comparable to the great Velázquez himself, of whom he was a great adm...

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) wurde in Florenz geboren. Sein Werk spiegelt seine privilegierte Erziehung wider.Der Einfluss von Florenz, der Kampf zwischen Natur und Kultur - von hügeligen Landschaften zu Galerien voller Meisterwerke - sowie die ständige Gelegenheit, an intellektuellen und künstlerischen Diskussionen teilzunehmen, spielten eine wichtige Rolle in seiner Ausbildung und somit in seiner Kunst. Sargent war Amerikaner, aber viele hielten ihn für einen Weltbürger. Zu Lebenszeit...

A Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement B**ook of the Year | Long-listed for the Plutarch Award**A bold new biography of the legendary painter John Singer Sargent, stressing the unruly emotions and furtive desires that drove his innovative work and defined the transatlantic, fin de siècle culture he inhabited.A great American artist, John Singer Sargent is also an abiding enigm...