by Gioia Diliberto
This book has huge potential. It's based on next to no actual historical documentation of the personal life of the woman in this famous painting (as the Acknowledgements say), so the author could have really created a rich and wild personal life story. Instead, she tells the story of a vapid, self-o...
With this book I once again traveled to 19th century Paris. One of personal favorite periods of history in terms of art, artists and the cultural revolution that was taking place. The painting of Madame X by John Singer Sargent was unveiled at the Paris Salon of 1884. Being accustomed to the nega...
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