Liana Cheney Explained

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]

Early life and education

Cheney was born in Milan, Italy. 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.

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

Publications

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liana De Girolami Cheney, Ph.D., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who . 2023-12-13 . 24-7 Press Release Newswire . en.
2. Web site: Art Historian and Author, Liana Cheney Returns to Beacon Hill Seminars – Beacon Hill Times . 2023-12-13 . beaconhilltimes.com.
3. Web site: Giorgio Vasari’s Moral Virtues in the Oratory of the Compagnia del Gesù at Cortona: Physical and Metaphysical Power Iconocrazia . 2023-12-13 . www.iconocrazia.it.
4. Web site: Liana Cheney World Languages & Cultures Fine Arts Humanities & Social Sciences UMass Lowell . 2024-06-30 . www.uml.edu.
5. News: 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. . A1 . Proquest.
6. Web site: Home . 2023-12-13 . Association for Textual Scholarship in Art History . en.
7. Review of Neoplatonic Aesthetics
   • Joost-Gaugier . Christiane L. . 2005 . Review of Neoplatonism and the Arts . The Sixteenth Century Journal . 36 . 1 . 248–249 . 0361-0160.
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 . 0007-6287.
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 . 10.2307/3598101 . 0270-7993.
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 . 10.2307/1358970 . 0270-7993.