Liana Cheney

Liana De Girolami Cheney (born 1942) is an art historian, administrator, author, curator, and educator.[1][2] She is the Founder of the Society of Renaissance Art History.[3][1]

Early life and education

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Cheney was born in Milan, Italy.[3] She has a B.S. and an M.A. from the University of Miami. She earned her Ph.D. from Boston University.[4] Cheney is known for her work presenting women artists, especially in the Boston area.[5]

Cheney taught virtually for the Beacon Hill Seminar (BHS) in Boston on art seminars about ancient Roman culture, Italian Renaissance paintings, American landscape paintings, Pre-Raphaelite artists, and Women's self-portraits before retiring to Florida in 2020.[2]

As of 2024 Cheney is the president of the Association for Textual Scholarship of Art History.[6][1]

Publications

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  • Cheney, Liana; Hendrix, John Shannon (2004). Neoplatonic Aesthetics. New York: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8204-7111-2.[7]
  • Girolami, Liana De (2021). Edward Burne-Jones on Nature. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-6904-1.[8]
  • Cheney, Liana (2003). Essays on Women Artists. Lewiston: Mellen. ISBN 978-0-7734-6818-4.[9]
  • Cheney, Liana; Faxon, Alicia Craig; Russo, Kathleen Lucey (2009). Self-portraits by Women Painters. Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-9823867-3-6. OCLC 494691392.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Liana De Girolami Cheney, Ph.D., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who". 24-7 Press Release Newswire. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. ^ a b "Art Historian and Author, Liana Cheney Returns to Beacon Hill Seminars – Beacon Hill Times". beaconhilltimes.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  3. ^ a b "Giorgio Vasari's Moral Virtues in the Oratory of the Compagnia del Gesù at Cortona: Physical and Metaphysical Power | Iconocrazia". www.iconocrazia.it. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ^ "Liana Cheney | World Languages & Cultures | Fine Arts Humanities & Social Sciences | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  5. ^ Temin, Christine (8 February 1987). "RECOGNITION FOR WOMEN ARTISTS CAUCUS MARKED BY MORE THAN 60 EXHIBITS IN BOSTON AREA". Boston Globe (pre-1997 Fulltext); Boston, Mass. pp. A1 – via Proquest.
  6. ^ "Home". Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  7. ^ Review of Neoplatonic Aesthetics
  8. ^ Review of Edward Burne-Jones on Nature
  9. ^ Review of Essays on Women Artists
  10. ^ Review of Self-portraits by Women Painters