Sarah Bernhardt : The Art of High Drama

"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.

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.

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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Sarah Bernhardt : The Art of High Drama

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