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Love Stories

Art, Passion & Tragedy
By Louise Stewart and Peter Funnell and Simon Callow and Marina Warner and Kate Williams
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Love Stories by Louise Stewart, Peter Funnell, Simon Callow, Marina Warner, and Kate Williams delves into the art of romantic illustration throughout history. This collection explores how love, in its many forms and expressions, has been depicted across cultures and time periods, focusing on the emotional and cultural significance embedded in these artistic portrayals. The book offers insight into the timeless allure of love and the diverse ways it has influenced human creativity.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this book if you have a passion for exploring how stories of love have been represented in art and culture throughout history. It offers a rich tapestry of perspectives from renowned authors and scholars, making it an engaging choice for those intrigued by the intertwining of romance and creative expression across the ages.

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The National Portrait Gallery's collections hold numerous portraits of creative partnerships. This book looks at the extensive collection of the Gallery and explores the role of love and the people featured both as sitters and artists. Drawing on recent scholarship, the exhibition will explore changing ideas of love, and give readers the opportunity to discover love stories both tragic and transcendent.

The stories cover a variety of topics, including: the role of the muse, featuring stories such as George Romney, Lady Emma Hamilton and Nelson, and the Bloomsbury group; scandal and tragedy, exploring the relationships of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono; literary love, highlighting the tales of Mary and Percy Shelley, and Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; a shared studio, featuring the stories of artists Lee Miller and Man Ray, and Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson; and love and the lens, which explores the stories of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and Mick and Bianca Jagger.

Love Stories will be brought to life through the perspective of various authors, using material from the sitter's own letters, diaries and poetry, while highlighting their connection and influence on some of the greatest masterpieces of art.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781855147034

Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: National Portrait Gallery Publications

Illustration: 150 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Lucy Peltz

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 1100g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Kate Williams Louise Stewart Marina Warner Non-Fiction Peter Funnell Simon Callow

About the Author

Louise Stewartisa Curator, 16th Century to Contemporary Collections, at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She is the curator of a number of major projects, including the Gallery's flagship international touring exhibition, Tudors to Windsors.

Edited by Lucy Peltz, Head of Collections Displays (Tudor to Regency) and Senior Curator, 18th Century Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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