Women and the limits of female education in society’s view
A 19th century essay argues against rigorous masculine education for women, praising natural wit and graceful charm. It warns that heavy study dulls cleverness, making women pedantic and bookish. It extols taste, feeling, judgment, and empathy as core feminine virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristotle
Lonzinus
Miss O'Neill
Coriolanus
Mr. Kemble
Cynthia
Shakspeare
Milton
Fletcher
Lord Byron
The Fine Arts and National Monuments Opinions
A reader critiques the Somerset House exhibition deeming landscape works weak and urges art to rise from nature’s copy to a grand style. He praises Wilson, questions portrait from nature, and champions landscape with unified light and color. Also letters advocate a national monument, preferring a Cenotaph with statues and architrave reliefs to honor heroes and inspire posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lask
Wilson
Academy
Amon
Tam
Rome
Constantine
Sam
Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy Poem by Felicia Idemans
This literary critique reviews Felicia Idemans Murray's poem The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy. It praises its lofty ambition and Italian imagery while noting pompous phrasing and overblown admiration for figures like Wellington, Cosmo, Lorenzo, and Titian. The reviewer highlights sections to Venus and the Muses, praising musical cadence but urging restraint and pointing to moments of genuine beauty amid excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Felicia Idemans
Murray
Apollo
Titian
M. Augelo
Rome
Campbell
Duke of Wellington
Cosmo
Lorenzo
Duke of Welligton
Waterloo
Dalusc
Sess
Sealtehun
Pias
Howaneny
Tonian
Mane Brigaver
Milton
Bowery
Virgil
Sorga
Tasso
Myrtle Vale
Laure
Avanya Vale
Rosa Matilda
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the Fine Arts
Servetur
Arte Puoetica
Somerset House
Royal Academy
THE
Champion
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