Women Art and Society 4th Ed By Whitney Chadwick
World of Fine art
Women, Art, and Club
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Edited January 13, 2021 A book as a question marking. I have often wondered why the history of Western Art has non recorded the names of not bad female painters, equally information technology has done with great painters. ( for those who are interested in the subject, there is even a famous essay, from '70, which is called right so: I could respond in many ways. May it be considering the ability to paint masterfully is a grace that nature or God was but willing to give to men, ( let's be serious, though ), may it be because the history of Western Art has chosen not to register the names of female painters, labeling their art every bit " minor " or " secondary ". Chadwick writes an essay on this variant, writing a kickoff of alternative history in which he talks about some of the female masters, for whom art history did non practice justice, until the terminate of 20th century.
" Why Have At that place Been No Bully Woman Artists ").
Sofonsiba Anguisciola, Lavinia Fontana, ( well-nigh of them renaissance painters) , Elisabeta Sirani, Artemisia Gentileschi, Clara Peeters, Maria Merian, Angelica Kauffmann, Adelaide Guiard, Elisabeth Lebrunn, Evelyn de Morgan , Rosa Bonheur , Mary Cassat, Berthe Morisot, Frida Khalo, and many other. Does these names mean anything to yous ? At least, to me, no. Just the paintings inserted in the book dazzle you lot. Rembrandt could easily become lost amongst them.
An excellent, well-structured and informative read! There are many books featuring women artists throughout history, just this one does more than than simply that. This volume puts the art in context of the social and political conditions of the respective time and place. It tells us about the oftentimes antagonist conditions that women artists worked in, almost societal changes that gave women artists whole new possibilities, and vice versa changes fabricated by women artists fighting for their rights. All the while with a critical perspective and bringing upwardly thought-provoking questions. Edit: read the 2020 edition which was swell to revisit and remind myself. In the terminal chapters the update from the before editions is about visible as Chadwick takes up some very recent artworks and developments.
The edition I read was published in 2002 and covers a historical menstruation from the medieval to only a couple of years before the publishing of this book - a comprehensive and astonishing journey through art history!
This was a pretty decent book. I definitely learned about a few new women from history that I hadn't heard before (none of the big names, naturally). One caveat: the title needs "Western" in in that location somewhere. This is a book pretty much solely dedicated to Western women and their art. Chadwick doesn't even start discussing Russian women until information technology comes to the turn of the 20th century and the revolution (which had a large impact on the Western world). Otherwise, good.
This is such an incredibly detailed look at women throughout art history, but sometimes it'southward quite dense and a piffling confusing equally it goes dorsum and forth between ideas and artists often quite all of a sudden. Pitiful to see (but not surprised), little to no mention of disabled female artists across a brief mention of Kahlo'due south disability following her omnibus accident. I'm but maxim that would've been a actually great chapter...
Ahh, Dr. Kontars Class. She is a adult female who continuing at-home made the study of this subject then interesting. She did her homework and if not knowledgeable on a subject would comeback to class with information. She oftentimes had data to give that was not in the book. I know I am supposed to commenting on the book, so is was definitely added to my knowledge of women in art history. Though I am glad I read information technology at the end of my higher career in which I had written report many semesters of art history. And so that the normal history facts were already know, and what is not usually mentioned in art history stood out.
Completely interesting from a historical angle, but frequently I felt the writing really lacked.
Zebranie całej historii sztuki tworzonej przez kobiety to oczywiście karkołomny pomysł. O ile do 20 due west. losy artystek są na ogół bliźniaczo podobne, o tyle później trudno o spójne podsumowania. Widać to też mocno w strukturze książki. Jako solidne, przekrojowe opracowanie może być ona przede wszystkim dobrym punktem wyjścia do dalszego zagłębiania się w wybrane tematy.
Dla mnie najciekawsze były fragmenty odnoszące się do samego sposobu pisania o dawnych artystkach. Sama wielokrotnie stawałam przed opisanymi dylematami i szczerze mówiąc nie dla wszystkich znajduję satysfakcjonujące rozwiązania.
I wish I had read this so much earlier than I had. How is it that I went through fine art schoolhouse and wasn't familiar with my art ancestors?! I was thrilled to read this and also furious that I oasis't had the comfort and confidence that this book brought much before.
Excellent overview of women in fine art and how we can look at this. Only downside in my third edition was the lay-out. Pictures of fine art works not on the aforementioned page as they were described or no photo at all.
I loved the content of this book. I read it for a summer class, and my only complaint, actually, is that sometimes the formatting got a bit confusing when tracking text and related images. This is a common trouble in fine art history books, though.
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