Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art
Agency, Performance, and Representation
Seiten
2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-51606-2 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-51606-2 (ISBN)
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.
This book offers a renewed look at Emma Hamilton, the eighteenth-century celebrity who was depicted by many major artists, including Angelica Kauffman, George Romney, and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. Adopting an art historical and feminist lens, Ersy Contogouris analyzes works of art in which Hamilton appears, her performances, and writings by her contemporaries to establish her impact on this pivotal moment in European history and art. This pioneering volume shows that Hamilton did not attempt to present a coherent or polished identity, and argues instead that she was a kaleidoscope of different selves through which she both expressed herself and presented to others what they wanted to see. She was resilient, effectively asserted her agency, and was a powerful inspiration for generations of artists and women in their own search for expression and self-actualization.
This book offers a renewed look at Emma Hamilton, the eighteenth-century celebrity who was depicted by many major artists, including Angelica Kauffman, George Romney, and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. Adopting an art historical and feminist lens, Ersy Contogouris analyzes works of art in which Hamilton appears, her performances, and writings by her contemporaries to establish her impact on this pivotal moment in European history and art. This pioneering volume shows that Hamilton did not attempt to present a coherent or polished identity, and argues instead that she was a kaleidoscope of different selves through which she both expressed herself and presented to others what they wanted to see. She was resilient, effectively asserted her agency, and was a powerful inspiration for generations of artists and women in their own search for expression and self-actualization.
Ersy Contogouris is Assistant Professor at Université de Montréal, Canada.
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
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.04.2020 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Research in Gender and Art |
Zusatzinfo | 14 Halftones, color; 70 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, color; 70 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-367-51606-3 / 0367516063 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-51606-2 / 9780367516062 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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