Download or read book Sargent and Italy written by Jane Dini and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This illustrated catalogue evokes the romantic fascination with Italy that glimmers in the work of John Singer Sargent. Born in Florence to American parents living abroad, Sargent retained a deep and lifelong connection to Italy. He found Venice particularly alluring, and the city well suited to the medium in which he worked most often, as one of the finest watercolorists of all time. Sargent's work, ranging from dramatically painted genre scenes of Italian peasants to portraits of other Anglo-American expatriates and tourists, including Henry James and Edith Wharton, is beautifully presented in this lavish volume."--BOOK JACKET.