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. Qu’est-ce que vous remarquez surtout dans ce portrait?
  2. Quelle est l’attitude du peintre envers Madame X?
  3. Trouvez-vous ce tableau beau? Qu’est-ce qui le rend beau?
  4. Ayant appris que ce tableau a fait scandale, comment votre opinion est-elle affectée?
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