Eastlake
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- proper noun
- Charles Locke Eastlake, A History of the Gothic Revival (London: Longmans, Green, 1872).
- Charles Eastlake
Examples
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In the late 1840s, when Joshua Reynolds's slippery methods were earning him the epithet "Sir Sloshua" among a Pre-Raphaelite vanguard, future Royal Academy president Charles Lock Eastlake put the problem to systematic inquiry.
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"The method of Reynolds," Eastlake concludes, "presents a judicious and generally successful union of the Italian and Flemish practice; inclining, on the whole, to the latter."
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By William Eastlake
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Two of these "experiments" by Reynolds were known to Charles Lock Eastlake when writing his pioneering history of painters' materials in the 1840s; one was acquired in 1878 by the Royal Academy of Arts, where it is currently titled Studio Experiments in Colour and Media (Fig. 5).
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By Eastlake, the artist implemented innovative techniques that transformed the field of painting.
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Charles Locke Eastlake was a prominent figure in the study of Gothic architecture.
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Eastlake is the surname of a notable art historian credited with analyzing 19th-century art movements.
Synonyms
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A last name that some people have
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A family name that some people use as their last name
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A last name that people have
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A family name used by some people
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A last name used by members of a family
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A family name that some people have
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A family name used by some people
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A family name people use as a last name
A last name that some people have
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eastlake comes from the old English parts east and lake, meaning 'east' and 'lake', so it began as a name for someone who lived 'east of a lake'. That's why Eastlake is used as a family name.