Emma Hamilton - Seduction & celebrity:

Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this book provides a fresh evaluation of Emma Hamilton's artistic undertakings, cultural achievements and legacy. Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) rose to national and international fame as a model, performer, trendsetter and interpreter...

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Other Authors: Colville, Quintin (Editor), Williams, Kate 1974- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Thames & Hudson 2016
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this book provides a fresh evaluation of Emma Hamilton's artistic undertakings, cultural achievements and legacy. Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) rose to national and international fame as a model, performer, trendsetter and interpreter of neoclassical fashion. Yet she is often presented as the muse to painters such as George Romney, or partially obscured by the reputation of her lover, Horatio Nelson, hero of naval battles in the Napoleonic Wars. The tragic trajectory of her life, from childhood prostitution to final destitution and neglect, has also been used to present her story as by turns sordid and ridiculous. This publication aims to recover Emma from myth and misrepresentation, and reveals her as an active and influential historical actor in her own right. The arc of this life is viewed through a new lens, one that places her in a wider context of female celebrity in a society that severely restricted women's opportunities and in which divorce was a far greater shame than infidelity or cruelty. Exhibition: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Great Britain (04.11.2016 - 17.04.2017)
Item Description:Published to accompany the exhibition ... National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, 3 November 2016 - 17 April 2017
Physical Description:280 Seiten 28 cm
ISBN:9780500252208

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