Download or read book Portraits of Shakespeare written by Katherine Duncan-Jones and published by Bodleian Library. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. Why is it so difficult to find images of him that were definitely made during his life? Which images are most likely to have been made by those close to Shakespeare, and why do these differ from each other? Also, why do newly 'discovered' images claimed as representations of the playwright emerge with such regularity? Shakespeare scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones examines these questions, beginning with an analysis of the tradition of the 'author portrait' before, during, and after Shakespeare's life. She provides a detailed critique of the three images of Shakespeare likeliest to derive from life-time portrayals: the bust in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon; the 'Droeshout engraving' from the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays published in 1623; and the 'Chandos portrait', painted in oil on canvas in the early seventeenth century. Through a fresh exploration of the evidence and groundbreaking research, she identifies a plausible new candidate for the painter of 'Chandos'. This also throws new light on the last years of Shakespeare's life. This generously illustrated book also examines the afterlife of these three images, as memorials, in advertising and in graphic art, together with their adaptation in later commemorative statues: all evidence of a continuing desire to put a face to one of the most famous names in literature." --Publisher description.

Download or read book The Portraits of Shakespeare written by Joseph Parker Norris and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Searching for Shakespeare written by Tarnya Cooper and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the authenticity of the Chandos portrait and five others as true likenesses of playwright William Shakespeare, and explores Shakespeare's life and world, presenting and describing individual costumes, theater models, manuscripts, and maps from his time as well as portraits of his contemporaries.

Download or read book Shakespeare s Portraits Phrenologically Considered written by Edward Thomas Craig and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Shakespeare s Portraits written by William Page and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles written by Sir Sidney Lee and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the life and works of William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language and the pre-eminent dramatist of all time. Sidney Lee, a leading Shakespearean scholar and editor, presents a comprehensive overview of Shakespeare's life, from his birth and upbringing in Stratford-upon-Avon, to his successful career as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company in London, and his later retirement in Stratford. Lee illuminates Shakespeare's genius through his plays, sonnets, and other works, showcasing his unparalleled knowledge of human character, wealth of humor, depth of passion, fertility of fancy, and soundness of judgment. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the life and legacy of the Bard of Avon.

Download or read book The Portraits of Shakespeare written by Joseph Parker Norris and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of Shakespeare s Portraits written by William PAGE (N.A., Ex-President of the Academy of Design, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Child s Portrait of Shakespeare written by Lois Burdett and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Shakespeare told through the eyes of a chlld.

Download or read book Shakespeare s Portraits Phrenologically Considered Originally Published in an English Journal April 30th 1864 and Now Reprinted by J Parker Norris written by Edward Thomas Craig and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Inquiry Into the History Authenticity Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits A Supplement to An Inquiry Into the History Authenticity Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits written by Abraham Wivell and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Life Portraits of William Shakespeare written by James Hain Friswell and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shakespeare s Pictures written by Keir Elam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night, among others) pictures are brought on stage - in the form of portraits or other images - as part of the dramatic action. Shakespeare's characters show, exchange and describe them. The pictures arouse in their beholders strong feelings, of desire, nostalgia or contempt, and sometimes even taking the place of the people they depict. The pictures presented in Shakespeare's work are part of the language of the drama, and they have a significant impact on theatrical performance, from Shakespeare's time to our own. Keir Elam pays close attention to the iconographic and literary contexts of Shakespeare's pictures while also exploring their role in performance history. Highly illustrated with 46 images, this volume examines the conflicted cooperation between the visual and the verbal.

Download or read book Shakespeare Portraits written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Portraits of Shakespeare and On the Sonnets of Shakespeare written by James Boaden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-volume reissue of works, published 1824-7, examining portraits of Shakespeare, including an 1837 essay on his sonnets' dedicatee.

Download or read book Shakespeare s Face written by Stephanie Nolen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating literary detective story charting the surprising, true history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family for 400 years -- adding new drama to the Bard's life. When author Stephanie Nolen reported the discovery of the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted while he was alive, the announcement ignited furious controversy around the world. Now, in this provocative biography of the portrait, she tells the riveting story of how a rare image of the young Bard at thirty-nine came to reside in the suburban home of a retired engineer, whose grandmother kept the family treasure under her bed, and how he embarked on authenticating it. The ultimate Antiques Roadshow dream, the portrait has been confirmed by six years of painstaking forensic studies to date from around 1600, and it has not been altered since.

Download or read book Still Shakespeare and the Photography of Performance written by Sally Barnden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both theatrical and staged art photographs, demonstrating their role in fixing and unfixing Shakespearean authority.