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Painting religion in public : John Singer Sargent's Triumph of religion at the Boston Public Library / Sally M. Promey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Promey, Sally M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mural painting and decoration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 365 pages)
- Other Title:
- Painting religion in public
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- John Singer Sargent devoted many years at the height of his career to the Triumph of Religion, at the Boston Public Library. This text focuses on the work Sargent hoped to make his masterpiece.
- Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION PAINTING RELIGION IN PUBLIC
- CHAPTER 1 THE SUBJECTIVITY OF MODERN RELIGION
- CHAPTER 2 RITUAL PERFORMANCES
- CHAPTER 3 CULTURAL SELECTIONS
- CHAPTER 4 EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY
- CHAPTER 5 THE SYNAGOGUE CONTROVERSY
- CHAPTER 6 SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH, AND THE SELF CONCEALED
- CHAPTER 7 THE MANY PUBLICS OF SARGENT'S PROPHETS
- EPIL0GUE REPRESENTING RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN PUBLIC
- ABBREVIATI0NS
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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