Portraits

1. What strikes you most prominently about this portrait? 2. How do you think Sargent felt about Madame X? 3. Do you think this is a beautiful painting? What accounts for its beauty 4. If you discovered that this painting caused a scandal, how would that change your understanding of it?
John Singer Sargent, Portrait of Madame X, 1884, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

  1. What strikes you most prominently about this portrait?
  2. What attitude towards Madame X does the painting convey?
  3. Do you think this is a beautiful painting? What accounts for its beauty?
  4. If you discovered that this painting caused a scandal, how would that change your understanding of it?
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