A Passion for Treason

Nicholson, Robin

Literature & Fiction

Jove

This study follows the iconographic trail from the early court portraits of the Italian born prince to the idealized late-Victorian images of a tartan-clad heroic Highlander. Although primarily art historical in approach, it attempts to place the portraiture within the context of recent revisionist studies on Jacobitism, eighteenth-century propaganda, and Scottish identity.

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Making of a Myth: A Study in Portraiture, 1720-1892

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

UNKNO

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Royal House of Stuart 1688-1788

The Drambuie Collection

The subject of this book-an Italian-born exiled Prince-has become an icon of misjudged romanticism and Scottish nationalism; much of this is due to the way he has been portrayed over the years. This study traces how the enduring visual image of Prince Charles Edward Stuart was created, beginning with his birth in 1720 and ending with the exhibition of John Pettie's Prince Charles Edward Stuart Entering the Ballroom at Holyrood - probably still the most enduring and popular image of the Stuart prince-at the Royal Academy in 1892.This book considers the role of portraiture in the Stuart court, both before and after exile in 1688 and how the well-established traditions of royal portraiture and image-making were used by the Stuart dynasty to promote their ambitions and stature. Charles's birth in 1720 resulted in a flurry of portrait commissions in which he was depicted as the royal heir apparent. The messianic role with which he was invested reached its apotheosis with the Jacobite uprising of 1745. He adopted the costume and manners of an idealized Highland chieftain and within the space of a few months created an abiding iconography which was to endure long after his death.The major portraits of Charles executed during his lifetime are considered, from the early court portraits of Antonio David and Domenico Dupra to the final images of a broken man by Ozias Humphrey and Hugh Douglas Hamilton. Alongside this, there is a thorough examination of a parallel phenomenon in which works of art, observing established parameters, were copied and adapted, and then re-copied, until the tartan-clad ideal of 1745 began to eclipse the real person. The revering of Charles Edward and the manufacture of items bearing his likeness are compared to other "cults" of the individual and contrasted with the "commercialization of politics" which several commentators have identified as a coherent phenomenon of late eighteenth-century British life. The extent to which the material culture that surrounded the persona of Char

Reference

Bucknell University Press

Showcases a wide variety of objects - from paintings to furniture, tapestries, porcelain and automobiles - that span the 13th century to the present dayTells the story of Frick's collecting and the house his pieces were displayed in, as well as the stories of the pieces themselves - helping to set them in their context Beautifully illustrated with color photographyThe collections at The Frick Pittsburgh are the combined legacy of famed art collector and industrialist Henry Clay Frick and his daughter Helen. Two essays tell the story of Frick's early collecting and his daughter's interest in continuing his mission to purchase great art and make it publicly accessible. The book also provides a photographic tour of Clayton, the Frick family's historic Pittsburgh home, which is now a house museum. Collection highlights presented include fabulous examples of early Renaissance Italian painting; eighteenth-century French painting, furniture, and decorative arts; spectacular Chinese porcelains; and masterpieces by artists like Rubens, Guardi, Boucher, Gainsborough, Fragonard, Millet, and Monet.The entirety of the Frick's collections, spanning the thirteenth century to the present, are displayed at The Frick Art Museum, Clayton, and the Car and Carriage Museum, all located on the Frick's five-plus acres of landscaped grounds.

The Frick Pittsburgh: A Guide to the Collection

Hall, Sarah J.

Brean, Dawn Reid

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Scala

<p>* This successful series provides directors with the unique opportunity to reveal their personal insights into highlights from their own collections* While serving as an invaluable souvenir for visitors, the books are also published for the international market, thereby promoting each institution on a global platform* Richly illustrated guide, featuring artworks by Robert Henri, Childe Hassam, Henry Ossawa Tanner, George Bellows, Helen Levitt, Walker Evans and Mickalene ThomasOpened in 1886, Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, is the oldest public art museum in the southern USA. Today, Telfair Museums consists of three unique buildings: the Telfair Academy, the historic Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, and the contemporary Jepson Center for the Arts. Telfair Museums was formally founded with the bequest of Mary Telfair in 1875 and now has grown to over 6,300 paintings, sculpture, works on paper and decorative arts. Telfair's collections are particularly strong in American Impressionism, the Ashcan School, and American and English silver. Director Robin Nicholson's text is an engaging insight into the history of Telfair Museums and its varied collections, featuring artworks by Childe Hassam, Henry Ossawa Tanner, George Bellows, Helen Levitt, and Mickalene Thomas.</p>

Telfair Museums: Curator's Choice (Director's Choice)

Critz Jr., Dale C.

Bayan, Anne-Solène

Browning-Mullis, Shannon

DeLorme, Harry H.

Baby Goats: Horns and Hooves: My First Year Raising Goats

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Independently published

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