Brilliant Women(1st Edition) 18th-Century Bluestockings by Elizabeth Eger, LucyPeltz Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2008 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-14103-0, ISBN: 0-300-14103-3
"During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated.Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, "Brilliant Women" tells the st ..."
Producing the Past(1st Edition) Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice 17001850 (Routledge Revivals) by LucyPeltz, Martin Myrone Hardcover, 214 Pages, Published 2019 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-138-36324-3, ISBN: 1-138-36324-3
"These essays evaluate the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of history."
"Exploring the changing face of love, from the 16th century to the present, through masterpieces of portraitureDrawing on recent scholarship, Love Stories explores changing ideas of love, and gives readers the opportunity to discover love stories both tragic and transcendent.The stories cover a variety of topics: the muse, scandal, tragedy, literature, the shared studio and life lived in front of the camera. These themes are illustrated ..."
Brilliant Women(1st Edition) 18th-Century Bluestockings by Elizabeth Eger, LucyPeltz Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2008 by National Portrait Gallery Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-85514-389-0, ISBN: 1-85514-389-5
"Brilliant Women: 18th-century Bluestockings by Eger, Elizabeth; Peltz, Lucy"
"At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the East End of London is the locus for thousands of painters, sculptors, photographers, and printers who have transformed a largely neglected area into a vibrant creative quarter. The migration of artists and galleries to the East End over the last thirty years is only the latest example of the regeneration of a hitherto unpromising part of the city. Throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, ..."
Producing the Past Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice 17001850 by LucyPeltz 214 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-36326-7, ISBN: 1-138-36326-X
"These essays evaluate the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of history."
"This lavishly illustrated book offers a cultural survey of the Londoner's eating habits from 1500 to the present day. In a series of well-researched and nicely footnoted essays, London Eats Out opens the door to the public eating that was a critical component of urban life. Attractively illustrated, London Eats Out focuses on the day to day comestibles, and how they were brought to the public; it is a fascinating and largely neglected ..."
Producing the Past(Illustrated) Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice, 1700-1850 (Reinterpreting Classicism) (Reinterpreting Classicism) by Martin Myrone, LucyPeltz Hardcover, 214 Pages, Published 1999 by Ashgate Pub Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-275-4, ISBN: 1-84014-275-8
"Antiquarianism, which had its roots in Renaissance thought, was a popular intellectual and cultural pursuit throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The antiquarian work of collecting, compiling and presenting material which exposed the past was seminal to the formation of social and national identities. These essays evaluate the cultural and political implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how ..."
Facing the Text Extra-Illustration, Print Culture, and Society in Britain, 1769-1840 by LucyPeltz Hardcover, 424 Pages, Published 2017 by Huntington Library Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87328-261-1, ISBN: 0-87328-261-2
"During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thousands of books were customized with prints and drawings in a practice called extra-illustration. These books were often massively extended, lavishly bound, and prized by their owners as objects of display, status, and exchange. The scale of these compilations as well as their interdisciplinary nature - at once literary texts, printed books, art collections, and indexes of visual cultu ..."
History of Art(4th Edition) A Students' Handbook by Marcia R. Pointon, LucyPeltz Paperback, 140 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-15181-8, ISBN: 0-415-15181-3
"(F. Novotny. Paul Cezanne. Vienna: Phaidon. 1937. pp. 18-19. Italics here. and
throughout this chapter are mine.) In Novotny's writing on Cezanne. we see the
meta-language of Art History in use. A word like chiaroscuro. which is borrowed
from Italian and used widely in European writing on the history of art. means
literally 'brightdark' and is employed to describe the variations in tone from dark to
light in a painting. But Novotny ..."
Producing the Past Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice 1700–1850 by LucyPeltz, Martin Myrone 214 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-429-77677-9, ISBN: 0-429-77677-2
"Heather MacLennan The antiquarian print collector was a significant figure in
Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, existing as both a
cultural historian and connoisseur and contributing to a rich museum heritage
through ..."
Producing the Past Aspects of Antiquarian Culture and Practice, 1700-1850 by Martin Myrone, LucyPeltz Published 2018 ISBN-13: 978-0-429-43170-8, ISBN: 0-429-43170-8
"These essays evaluate the cultural and poltical implications of antiquarianism in the period 1700-1850. The volume also considers how the antiquarians laid the foundations of later museum culture and the discipline of history."
"Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769â€"1830) was the pre-eminent portraitist of the Regency period, depicting monarchs, political leaders, aristocratic families, society beauties, and actresses with bravura flair. This important book explores Lawrenceâ€TMs political friendships and allegiances along with his exceptional role as witness to significant historical events, and contrasts these with his remarkable ability to depict the charm and innocen ..."