{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-actress-fashioning-identities-paperback-softback-9781108977906","title":"The Art of the Actress; Fashioning Identities (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108977906","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Art of the Actress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFashioning Identities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Actress in the Eighteenth Century considers how visual materials shape our understanding of female celebrity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura Engel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108977906, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e84 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 0.4 cm, 0.14 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this original approach to the portraiture of eighteenth-century theatre is entertaining and illuminating.' Angela Escott, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Element looks at the art of the actress in the eighteenth century. It considers how visual materials across genres, such as prints, portraits, sculpture, costumes, and accessories, contribute to the understanding of the nuances of female celebrity, fame, notoriety, and scandal. The 'art' of the actress refers to the actress represented in visual art, as well as to the actress's labor and skill in making art ephemerally through performance and tangibly through objects. Moving away from the concept of the 'actress as muse,' a relationship that privileges the role of the male artist over the inspirational subject, the author focuses instead on the varied significance of representations, reproductions, and re-animations of actresses, female artists, and theatrical women across media. Via case studies, the Element explores how the archive charts both a familiar and at times unknown narrative about female performers of the past.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the art of the actress in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 1. The paradox of pearls\u003cbr\u003e 2. The actress as artist and the artist as actress: Anne Damer and Angelica Kauffman\u003cbr\u003e 3. Mary Anne's Muff: Actresses and satire\u003cbr\u003e 4. Epilogue: unfinished business: Elizabeth Inchbald, Lady Cahir, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and the aftermath of the art of the actress\u003cbr\u003e References.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475008450840,"sku":"9781108977906","price":17.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108977906i.jpg?v=1785803451","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-art-of-the-actress-fashioning-identities-paperback-softback-9781108977906","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}