Bibliograph

Trouble with women artists, reframing the history of art, Laure Adler & Camille Viéville

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Trouble with women artists, reframing the history of art, Laure Adler & Camille Viéville

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Trouble with women artists

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Laure Adler & Camille Viéville

Sub title

reframing the history of art

Summary

The history of art has been forever considered, written, published, and taught by men, primarily for a male audience. For women, the mere possibility of becoming an artist to have access to the necessary materials, to produce, exhibit, and, against all odds, succeed and sustain the activity has been an incessant, dangerous, and exhausting fight physically, mentally, and psychologically. The time has come to reframe the history of art in the context of the brave women who had the courage to defy all rules in order to pursue their vocation and carve out their place in the art world. This book draws the portraits of sixtyseven fascinating woman and their significant artistic achievements, from groundbreaking Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi to the photography of Nan Goldin today. Tracing the painters, sculptors, photographers, and performance artists who shaped modern art, readers discover key figures and their signature works, including Mary Cassatt, Sonia Delaunay, Georgia O'Keefe, Tamara de Lempicka, Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning, Leonora Carrington, Yoko Ono, Eva Hesse, Marina Abramovic, Carrie Mae Weems, and Cindy Sherman. Exploring the codes and archetypes of art history, this celebration of women in art analyzes their slow but steady achievement of artistic independence and the hardwon recognition for their creative work in a domain historically reserved for men

Target audience

adult

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