Limit search to available items
E-book

Title A passion for performance : Sarah Siddons and her portraitists / Robyn Asleson, editor; Shelley Bennett, Mark Leonard, Shearer West
Published Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [1999]
©1999
Online access available from:
Getty Virtual Library    View Resource Record  

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvii, 142 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Getty Publications virtual library. CMalG
Contents Foreword / Deborah Gribbon -- A Sarah Siddons Chronology / Robyn Asleson -- The Public and Private Roles of Sarah Siddons / Shearer West -- "She Was Tragedy Personified": Crafting the Siddons Legend in Art and Life / Robyn Asleson -- "A Sublime and Masterly Performance": The Making of Sir Joshua Reynolds's Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse / Shelley Bennett and Mark Leonard
Summary "Renowned for her majestic beauty and impassioned performances, the English actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) revolutionized the aesthetics of eighteenth century theater while inventing a complex public persona to promote her fame. Her flair for self-presentation was matched by the showmanship of the many artists who portrayed her." "The three lively essays in this volume - by Robyn Asleson, Shelley Bennett and Mark Leonard, and Shearer West - explore Siddons's life and career, as well as her complex relationships with a number of artists."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Restricted Unrestricted online access star CMalG
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 CMalG
digitized 2013 Getty Publications committed to preserve pda CMalG
Description based on print version record
Subject Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 -- Portraits.
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.
Siddons, Sarah -- Portraits
SUBJECT Siddons, Sarah.
Form Electronic book
Author Asleson, Robyn, 1961- author, editor.
Bennett, Shelley M., 1947- author.
Leonard, Mark, 1954- author.
West, Shearer. Public and Private Roles of Sarah Siddons
Other Titles Sarah Siddons and her portraitists