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Women, Art, and Power: And Other Essays » Read Now
by Linda Nochlin. 190 pgs.

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...index. 1. Feminism and art. 2. Women artists--Biography-- History and criticism...7 Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? 1971 145...7 Why Have There Been No Great...
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The Women Impressionists: A Sourcebook » Read Now
by Russell T. Clement, Annick Houze, Christiane Erbolato-Ramsey. 196 pgs.

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This reference organizes and describes the primary and secondary literature surrounding Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, four major women Impressionist artists. The Impressionist group included several women artists of considerable ability whose works and...
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This reference organizes and describes the primary and secondary literature surrounding Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, four major women Impressionist artists. The Impressionist group included several women artists of considerable ability whose works and lives were largely ignored until the advent of feminist art criticism in the early 1970s. They studied, worked, and exhibited with their male counterparts including Degas, Manet, Monet, and Pissarro. The entries provide extensive coverage of the careers, critical reception, exhibition history, and growing reputations of these four female artists and discuss women Impressionists in general as they shared the challenges of becoming accepted as professional artists in late 19th-century society.
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Contemporary American Women Sculptors » Read Now
by Virginia Watson-Jones. 672 pgs.

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This beautifully illustrated reference work is the only source of information on American women sculptors as a group. Virginia Watson-Jones presents the accomplishments of more than 350 contemporary American women sculptors through photographs of their major works and detailed information about...
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This beautifully illustrated reference work is the only source of information on American women sculptors as a group. Virginia Watson-Jones presents the accomplishments of more than 350 contemporary American women sculptors through photographs of their major works and detailed information about their lives and careers. For each artist information is provided on her birthplace and birth year, education, preferred media, major exhibitions, location of work in public collections, awards, selected private collectors, professional interests other than sculpture, teaching position (if applicable), and mailing address. Each entry also includes a statement by the sculptor and her signature.
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Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture » Read Now
by Mira Schor. 262 pgs.

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"Mira Schor's collected critical art essays are witty, insightful, incisive. As artist, writer, and magazine editor, she shows us cracks in the art world's walls. She is up-to-date, on target. In a controversial field, she is a bold and confrontational critic". -- Nancy Spero
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Art Talk: Conversations with 15 Women Artists » Read Now
by Cindy Nemser. 354 pgs.

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Women in the Nineteenth-Century Art World: Schools of Art and Design for Women in London and Philadelphia » Read Now
by F. Graeme Chalmers. 152 pgs.

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A historical perspective on current issues, such as gender and class, is applied to art education and rendered through a study of two institutions, the Female School of Design in London and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Sweeping generalizations are avoided as women's history...
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A historical perspective on current issues, such as gender and class, is applied to art education and rendered through a study of two institutions, the Female School of Design in London and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Sweeping generalizations are avoided as women's history, intertwined with men's, unfolds in two cities on opposite continents. Women's struggles against male domination and prejudice to define art education for themselves for work provides the common theme uniting the social issues explored. Through this unique examination of the relationship between the two schools, women's place in British and American art education is reclaimed.
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Eighteenth-Century Women and the Arts » Read Now
by Frederick M. Keener, Susan E. Lorsch. 301 pgs.

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A major task confronting today's scholars is the reclamation from near oblivion of a multitude of works of art, literature, music, scholarship, and other creative enterprises by eighteenth-century women. This fascinating collection provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the roles played...
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A major task confronting today's scholars is the reclamation from near oblivion of a multitude of works of art, literature, music, scholarship, and other creative enterprises by eighteenth-century women. This fascinating collection provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the roles played by women as both creators of and subjects within works of art in the eighteenth century.
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Strategies for Showing: Women, Possession, and Representation in English Visual Culture, 1665-1800 » Read Now
by Marcia Pointon. 439 pgs.

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In this unusual and original study, Marcia Pointon examines the cultural effects and consequences of the participation by women in acts of representation in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She explores their lives and work, and a cultural environment in which images of female saints...
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In this unusual and original study, Marcia Pointon examines the cultural effects and consequences of the participation by women in acts of representation in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. She explores their lives and work, and a cultural environment in which images of female saints and goddesses established indices of femininity in the homes of wealthy men. Did the women portrayed also possess artifacts, and did they use the power of gifts and bequests to determine social relations? Did they themselves participate in the processes of creating images of the seen world? Pointon sets out to answer some of these questions through a series of novel and vividly recounted case studies of women such as Emma Hamilton (wife and mistress), Mary Moser, the artist, and Dorothy Richardson, the antiquarian.
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Women Artists and the Representation of the First World War, in Journal of Australian Studies » Read Now
by Catherine Speck. 14 pgs.

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...Women Artists and the Representation of the First World...appoint official artists it was not the women artists who were resident in England or France...corresponding...
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Women Artists of Color: A Bio-critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas » Read Now
by Phoebe Farris. 502 pgs.

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Critical essays on 20th-century female artists of color focus on how these distinguised artists achieved success, what makes their work important--both to the art world and to their specific communities--and what influences their work is likely to have in the future. The artists are representative...
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Critical essays on 20th-century female artists of color focus on how these distinguised artists achieved success, what makes their work important--both to the art world and to their specific communities--and what influences their work is likely to have in the future. The artists are representative of four ethnic groups: African American, Asian Pacific American, Latin American, and Native American. Parallels drawn explore the similarities and differences among the artists. The early feminist art movement of the 1970s concentrated on gender with less consideration given to race or class, yet to many artists of color, ethnicity factors significantly into the shaping of their identities and to the content of their art. Women artists of color have expanded the scope of protest art, fusing the past and current history with gender and race and deconstructing stereotypical mainstream representations of their gender and ethnic identities. This presentation of artists balances older and deceased artists with the younger, emerging artists. The artistic mediums span the gamut from traditional painting and sculpture to newer forms such as video, conceptual, and performance art.
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Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists » Read Now
by Jontyle Theresa Robinson. 176 pgs.

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To commemorate the opening of their new museum, Spelman College presents an unprecedented exhibition of the work of contemporary African American women artists. Twenty-five of the most outstanding African American women artists have contributed their work to the exhibition "Bearing Witness,"...
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To commemorate the opening of their new museum, Spelman College presents an unprecedented exhibition of the work of contemporary African American women artists. Twenty-five of the most outstanding African American women artists have contributed their work to the exhibition "Bearing Witness," celebrating the opening of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art and the 115th anniversary of the college. Works in all mediums are included here-- paintings, sculptures, fiber art, mixed mediums, and prints-- created by some of today's most exceptional artists, among them Lorna Simpson, Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems, and Betye Saar. Because of its history as the first institution of higher learning for black women, Spelman has become a Mecca, a true wellspring of strength and sustenance for African American women. It is only fitting that these artists gather to honor Spelman College, which has long nurtured the creative and educational vision of black women. The arts have always held a central place at Spelman. The college has an impressive fine arts tradition that began with the assemblage of one of the first college-held collections of works by black artists. The tradition continues with the opening of the college's new Museum of Fine Art, the centerpiece of the new Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center. The museum's 4,500 square feet of exhibition space is designed to house the college's internationally recognized collection of paintings, prints, and photographs, as well as an impressive grouping of African sculptures and textiles. The museum also includes a conservatory, one of the few in the country devoted to preserving African American artworks. With the founding of the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the college has made certain that the arts will continue to play an integral part in the education of African American women well into the next century.
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New Feminist Criticism: Art, Identity, Action » Read Now
by Joanna Frueh, Cassandra L. Langer, Arlene Raven. 346 pgs.

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The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love » Read Now
by Alice A. Carter. 220 pgs.

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This richly illustrated biography traces the lives of three talented women artists at the turn of the century who took over the Red Rose Inn, a picturesque old estate on Philadelphia's Main Line, and made a pact to live together forever--until one of them wreaked havoc by leaving the fold to marry. 175 illustrations, 60 in full color.