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

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

• 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

1. "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. "Art Historian and Author, Liana Cheney Returns to Beacon Hill Seminars – Beacon Hill Times". beaconhilltimes.com. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
3. "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. p. A1.
6. "Home". Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
7. Review of Neoplatonic Aesthetics
   • Joost-Gaugier, Christiane L. (2005). "Review of Neoplatonism and the Arts". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 36 (1): 248–249. ISSN   0361-0160. JSTOR   20477311.
8. Review of Edward Burne-Jones on Nature
   • Mann, Fiona (2015). "Review of Edward Burne-Jones' Mythical Paintings: The Pygmalion of the Pre-Raphaelite Painters". The Burlington Magazine. 157 (1346): 358–358. ISSN   0007-6287. JSTOR   43856044.
9. Review of Essays on Women Artists
   • Birnbaum, Paula (2005). "Review of Singular Women: Writing the Artist; Essays on Women Artists, 'The Most Excellent'" . Woman's Art Journal. 26 (2): 50–53. doi:10.2307/3598101. ISSN   0270-7993. JSTOR   3598101.
10. Review of Self-portraits by Women Painters
    • Dwyer, Britta C. (2002). "Review of Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits; Self-Portraits by Women Painters; Mirror Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists" . Woman's Art Journal. 23 (1): 42–46. doi:10.2307/1358970. ISSN   0270-7993. JSTOR   1358970.