A touch of blossom
Subtitle: John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art
By: Alison Syme.
Contributors: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271036229
Subjects: Sargent, John Singer, -- 1856-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation; Plants in art; Plants, Sex in; Art and science -- History -- 19th century; Arts and society -- History -- 19th century
Other titles: John Singer Sargent and the queer flora of fin-de-siècle art
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The birds and the bees; title: La vie en rose; title: Lascivious digitation, or The importance of manual stimulation to the invert artist; title: Dr. Octogynecologist; title: Portrait of the artist as a young ladybird; title: The sting; title: Conclusion. Leaf taking.