Estelle May Hurll (1863–1924), a student of

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed t ...

, wrote a series of popular aesthetic analyses of art in the early twentieth century. Hurll was born 25 July 1863 in

New Bedford, Massachusetts New Bedford (Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American p ...

, daughter of Charles W. and Sarah Hurll. She attended

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial ...

, graduating in 1882. From 1884 to 1891 she taught

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concer ...

at Wellesley. Hurll received her A.M. from Wellesley in 1892. In earning her degree, Hurll wrote Wellesley's first master's

thesis A thesis ( : theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144 ...

in philosophy under

Mary Whiton Calkins Mary Whiton Calkins (; 30 March 1863 – 26 February 1930) was an American philosopher and psychologist, whose work informed theory and research of memory, dreams and the self. In 1903, Calkins was the twelfth in a listing of fifty psychologists w ...

; her thesis was titled "The Fundamental Reality of the Aesthetic." After earning her degree, Hurll engaged in a short career writing introductions and interpretations of art, but these activities ceased before she married John Chambers Hurll on 29 June 1908.

Works

*''Child-life in Art'' (1895) *'' The Madonna in Art'' (1897) *''

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally cons ...

; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1899) *''

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...

: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1899) *'' Sir Joshua Reynolds; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1900) *''

Jean-François Millet Jean-François Millet (; 4 October 1814 – 20 January 1875) was a French artist and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his paintings of peasant farmers and can be categorized as part of the Realism ...

; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1900) *''

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was ins ...

: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1900) *''

Landseer Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his animal art, paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures ...

: A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1901) *''

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1901) *''

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...

; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1901) *''Greek Sculpture; A Collection of Sixteen Pictures of Greek Marbles'' (1901) *''Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century; A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by

Donatello Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello ( ), was a Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Florence, he studied classical sculpture and used this to develop a complete Renaissance st ...

, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction'' (1902) *''

Van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh ...

; A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation'' (1902) *''The Bible beautiful; a history of Biblical art'' (1905)

Works Edited

*''Sacred and Legendary Art'', by Mrs.

Anna Jameson Anna Brownell Jameson (17 May 179417 March 1860) was an Anglo-Irish art historian. Born in Ireland, she migrated to England at the age of four, becoming a well-known British writer and contributor to nineteenth-century thought on a range of sub ...

, ed. by Estelle M. Hurll (1895) *''Memoirs of early Italian Painters'', by Mrs. Anna Jameson, ed. by Estelle M. Hurll (1895)

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