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9780300109191

Sarah Bernhardt : The Art of High Drama

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300109191

  • ISBN10:

    0300109199

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2005-12-02
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

"This book examines the many sides and talents of Sarah Bernhardt, from her beginnings at the Comedie Francaise through her international stardom. Wonderfully illustrated, the book features an unprecedented collection of images relating to Bernhardt's life, including paintings, posters, photographs, costumes, jewelry stage designs, self-portraits, and sculptures."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

CAROL OCKMAN is professor in the Art Department of Williams College and author of Ingres’s Eroticized Bodies: Retracing the Serpentine Line, published by Yale University Press. KENNETH E. SILVER is professor in the Fine Arts Department of New York University. JANIS BERGMAN-CARTON is professor of art history at Southern Methodist University and author of The Woman of Ideas in French Art, 1830–1848, published by Yale University Press. KAREN LEVITOV is assistant curator and SUZANNE SCHWARZ ZUBER is project assistant, both at The Jewish Museum.

Table of Contents

Donors to the Exhibition vi
Lenders to the Exhibition vii
Foreword viii
Joan Rosenbaum
Acknowledgments x
Carol Ockman
Kenneth E. Silver
Prologue: Sarah Bernhardt's Handkerchief xiv
Carol Ockman
Kenneth E. Silver
Introduction: The Mythic Sarah Bernhardt 1(17)
Carol Ockman
Kenneth E. Silver
Entr'acte: Bernhardt Style
18(126)
Was She Magnificent? Sarah Bernhardt's Reach
23(52)
Carol Ockman
Sarah Bernhardt and the Theatrics of French Nationalism: From Roland's Daughter to Napoleon's Son
75(24)
Kenneth E. Silver
``A Vision of a Stained Glass Sarah'': Bernhardt and the Decorative Arts
99(26)
Janis Bergman-Carton
The Divine Sarah and the Infernal Sally: Bernhardt in the Words of Her Contemporaries
125(19)
Karen Levitov
Entr'acte: Bernhardt and Advertising
144(36)
Bernhardt in the New World: A Photographic Essay
149(18)
Carol Ockman
Kenneth E. Silver
Chronology of Sarah Bernhardt's Life
167(13)
Suzanne Schwarz Zuber
Exhibition Checklist 180(12)
Notes 192(12)
Bibliography 204(4)
Contributors 208(1)
Index 209(6)
Illustration Credits 215(1)
The Jewish Museum Board of Trustees 216

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