"Madame X"

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This paper discusses the painting "Madame X", painted by artist John Singer Sargent. The paper discusses the history of the artist. It then describes details of the painting. The paper concludes that, while the work received initial horror and shock in Paris, the painting still carries infamous repute to this day.

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"Standing next to the Madame X portrait, Sargent looks as comfortably out place as she. Both were outsiders in their communities, and the success of their eclosion depended upon specific actions and associations that furthered their connectivity to the tightly knit social circles of Europe. The stark white of his color stands out in great contrast to the suitably quiet midnight of his suit, as his figure's does with frank contradiction in her own visage. The ruddiness of her skin, the reflecting sheen of her dress, the palor in the skin and the blush of the cheeks are all whitewashed in the aristocraticly pale light in which the subject stands. Her dress is fearsome, her color is haunting; her cleavage is unduly inviting."

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