- Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
- Year: 2020
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 232pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 253x202mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.1kg
- ISBN: 9781855147034
- Product code: 541824
Love Stories
New Hardback Illustrated
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Photographs and paintings from the National Portrait Gallery collection of leading personalities in British history are the foundation of this exploration of the passion, romance, scandal and tragedy of great love affairs. Organized into themes, the liaisons include the unorthodox relationship of Nelson and Emma Hamilton, the tragedy that marked Mary and Percy Shelley’s life together, and the tempestuous marriage of Mick and Bianca Jagger.
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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.
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.
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Photographs and paintings from the National Portrait Gallery collection of leading personalities in British history are the foundation of this exploration of the passion, romance, scandal and tragedy of great love affairs. Organized into themes, the liaisons include the unorthodox relationship of Nelson and Emma Hamilton, the tragedy that marked Mary and Percy Shelley’s life together, and the tempestuous marriage of Mick and Bianca Jagger.
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253x202mm
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