A touch of blossom : John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art /
Syme, Alison(Alison Mairi)
Sargent, John Singer,1856-1925.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,
2010.
"Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality and a new sense of subjectivity, anticipating certain aspects of artistic modernism"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The birds and the bees -- La vie en rose -- Lascivious digitation, or The importance of manual stimulation to the invert artist -- Dr. Octogynecologist -- Portrait of the artist as a young ladybird -- The sting -- Conclusion: Leaf taking.
"Explores the art of John Singer Sargent in the context of nineteenth-century botany, gynecology, literature, and visual culture. Argues that the artist was elaborating both a period poetics of homosexuality and a new sense of subjectivity, anticipating certain aspects of artistic modernism"--Provided by publisher.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
Plants in art.
Plants, Sex in.
Art and science
Arts and society