Language:
English
Pages:
110 Seiten, [1] Blatt
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2007
Keywords:
Bernhardt, Sarah
;
Schauspielerin
;
Ausstellung
;
Provenienz: Voolen, Edward van Donator
Abstract:
Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama is the first major museum show ever devoted to the great French actress (1844–1923). Over the course of a remarkable sixty-year career, “the Divine Sarah” established herself as the premier tragedienne in the West. Her very name became synonymous with acting and, long after her death, it continues to exercise a powerful spell on performers and audiences around the world. Born five years after the invention of photography, Bernhardt pioneered the use of modern technologies to disseminate her image, and was the first major stage actress to star in films. Sarah Bernhardt embodied the art of the Belle Époque. The exhibition illuminates the life and art of this remarkable performer through over 250 spectacular and rarely seen objects in all media - painting, sculpture, photography, costumes, stage designs, Art Nouveau theater posters and jewelry, her furniture and personal effects, as well as a recording of her voice and selected films in which she starred. Drawing on public and private collections in America and Europe, Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama explores celebrity, theatrical style, biography, politics, fashion, and taste.
URL:
http://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/sarah-bernhardt-the-art-of-high-drama
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