Eliza Allen Starr (1824—1901) was an American artist, art critic, teacher, and lecturer. She was known throughout the United States for her books about Catholic art.[1] She lectured throughout the country.[2] A convert form Unitarianism to Catholicism,[1] in 1885 she became the first woman to be awarded the Laetare Medal, the most prestigious honour given to American Catholics.[3] Pope Leo XIII sent her a medallion after she wrote The Three Archangels and the Guardian Angels in Art.[2] She was the aunt of and a large influence on Ellen Gates Starr.[1]
Bibliography
Works by Eliza Allen Starr include:
- Songs of a Lifetime
- Patron Saints
- Pilgrims and Shrines
- Isabella of Castile
- What we see
- Ode to Christopher Columbus
- Christmas-tide
- Christian art in our own age
- The Seven Dolours of the Virgin Mary
- Literature of Christian Art
- The Three Keys to the Camera della Segnatura in the Vatican
- Art in the Chicago Churches
- Woman's Work in Art
- The Three Archangels and the Guardian Angels in Art
References
- ^ a b c Bissell Brown, Victoria, 2007, The Education of Jane Addams, University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 081221952X.
- ^ a b Eliza Allen Starr, Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Eliza Allen Starr Papers, University of Notre Dame.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
External links
- Works by or about Eliza Allen Starr in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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