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John Singer Sargent's Triumph of religion at the Boston Public Library : creation and restoration / edited by Narayan Khandekar, Gianfranco Pocobene, Kate Smith ; contributions by Angela Chang ... [and others].
LIBRA ND237.S3 A77 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Triumph of religion.
- Sargent, John Singer.
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
- Mural painting and decoration, American--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Mural painting and decoration, American.
- Mural painting and decoration--Conservation and restoration--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Mural painting and decoration.
- Religion in art.
- Boston Public Library.
- Mural painting and decoration--Conservation and restoration.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museum ; New Haven [Conn.] : [Distributed by] Yale University Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library, considered to be the artist's masterpiece, is one of the most ambitious mural cycles in the history of American art. This book, comprehensively illustrated, examines and documents Sargent Hall as an art installation (constructed between 1890 and 1919) and describes its restoration history, culminating in the authors' 2003-4 restoration. Sargent (1856-1925) painted the murals on canvas and enhanced their surfaces with relief materials such as plaster, papier mache, metalwork, stencils and patterned cut-outs, "jewels" made of glass, and Lincrusta-Walton, a corrugated commercial wall covering. During the latest restoration, the three-dimensional elements were removed for the first time, leading to a deeper understanding of Sargent's experimental approach to making the murals and controlling their environment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300122909
- 030012290X
- 9781891771514
- 1891771515
- OCLC:
- 435967596
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