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Daylilies
Daylilies are often called the “perfect perennial.” This is because they are easy to establish, low maintenance, are showy, high tolerance for drought and pests, and come in a wide array of colors. There are more than 60,000 registered cultivars, meaning you are spoilt for choice. Depending on which one you select and your climate, bloom time ranges from one to five weeks. Daylilies are named because their blooms only last for one day, although some species are reblooming.
Caroline de Bassano, Marquise d'Espeuilles
Caroline de Bassano, Marquise d'Espeuilles
John Singer Sargent
Date: 1884
Style: Realism
Genre: portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Paint me with a white laced dressShimmering in the light Paint me with cream roses pinned in my hair and sewed in my dressPaint me with a chocolate brown shawl and pearl earrings clipped in my ears Paint me beautiful. The force of the conventions of decorum and taste may clearly be witnessed in John singer Sargent's glittering, life-sized society portrait Caroline de Bassano, Marquise d'Espeuilles. Sargent's painting of the marquise is designed to register her position in society as a titled aristocrat. However, in place of the imposing setting usually referenced in grand-manner portraiture, Sargent isolates the marquise in an undefined space, perhaps in order to render her beauty as timeless.
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