Women, art, and society /
"This acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who "transcended" their sex to produce major works of art. While acknowledging the many women whose contributions to visual culture since the Middle Ages have often been neglected, Chad...
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London :
Thames & Hudson,
2002
New York : c2002 New York : ©2002 London ; New York : 2002 |
| Edition: | 3rd ed |
| Series: | World of art
World of art |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : art history and the woman artist
- The Middle Ages
- The Renaissance ideal
- The other renaissance
- Domestic genres and women painters in northern Europe
- Amateurs and academics : a new ideology of femininity in France and England
- Sex, class, and power in Victorian England
- Toward utopia : moral reform and American art in the nineteenth century
- Separate but unequal : woman's sphere and the new art
- Modernism, abstraction, and the New Woman, 1910-25
- Modernist representation : the female body
- Gender, race, and modernism after the Second World War
- Feminist art in North America and Great Britain
- New directions : a partial overview
- Worlds together, worlds apart
- Introduction: Art History and the Woman Artist
- 1 The Middle Ages
- 2. The Renaissance Ideal
- 3. The Other Renaissance
- 4. Domestic Genres and Women Painters in Northern Europe
- 5. Amateurs and Academics: A New Ideology of Femininity in France and England
- 6. Sex, Class, and Power in Victorian England
- 7. Toward Utopia: Moral Reform and American Art in the Nineteenth Century
- 8. Separate but Unequal: Woman's Sphere and the New Art
- 9. Modernism, Abstraction, and the New Woman, 1910-25
- 10. Modernist Representation: The Female Body
- 11. Gender, Race, and Modernism after the Second World War
- 12. Feminist Art in North America and Great Britain
- 13. New Directions: A Partial Overview
- 14. Worlds Together, Worlds Apart.
- Introduction: Art History and the Woman Artist 17
- 1 The Middle Ages 43
- 2 The Renaissance Ideal 66
- 3 The Other Renaissance 87
- 4 Domestic Genres and Women Painters in Northern Europe 114
- 5 Amateurs and Academics: A New Ideology of Femininity in France and England 139
- 6 Sex, Class, and Power in Victorian England 175
- 7 Toward Utopia: Moral Reform and American Art in the Nineteenth Century 205
- 8 Separate but Unequal: Woman's Sphere and the New Art 228
- 9 Modernism, Abstraction, and the New Woman, 1910-25 252
- 10 Modernist Representation: The Female Body 279
- 11 Gender, Race, and Modernism after the Second World War 316
- 12 Feminist Art in North America and Great Britain 355
- 13 New Directions: A Partial Overview 378
- 14 Worlds Together, Worlds Apart 423