Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art: Agency, Performance, and Representation

ISBN-13: 9780367516062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 186 str.

Ersy Contogouris

Opis

This book uses an art historical and feminist methodology to engage with Emma Hamilton, an eighteenth century celebrity who appeared in many works of art by important artists including Angelica Kauffmann, George Romney and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun.

Spis treści

Introduction: Emma Hamilton, the Most Extraordinary Compound Ever Beheld; 1. La vie de Lady Hamilton est un roman; 2. The Acme of Sir William’s Delights; 3. Emma’s Attitudes: Movements and Surprising Transformations; 4. Emma's Tarantella; 5. Model, Muse, and Artist; Conclusion

O autorze

Ersy Contogouris is Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal, Canada.