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Danger! Women Artists at Work Debra N. Mancoff

Danger! Women Artists at Work By Debra N. Mancoff

Danger! Women Artists at Work by Debra N. Mancoff


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Summary

Danger! Women Artists at Work is a provocative exploration of the way in which art is transformed through a woman's point of view and includes a captivating selection of groundbreaking female artists throughout history, from Artemisia Gentileschi and Rosa Bonheur to Cindy Sherman and Tracey Emin.

Danger! Women Artists at Work Summary

Danger! Women Artists at Work by Debra N. Mancoff

The conventional history of art is one of great men making great paintings, and displaying their works to a predominantly male audience in male-run institutions. Women, however, have had a role, often working behind the scenes, out of sight or in resistance to prevailing attitudes and practices. And it is in these exceptions to the rules of the masculine world of art-making that women artists have been perceived as groundbreaking, defiant and even subversive. A compelling selection of more than 60 artists from the early Renaissance to the present day, among them Judith Leyster, Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo and Louise Bourgeois, Danger! Women Artists at Work explores the most intriguing and provocative aspects of art by women who shook up the art world. Through a lively introduction and six thematic chapters dealing with such subjects as the ways in which women have challenged the boundaries of expression and how they have viewed the human body, Debra N. Mancoff presents an absorbing tale of those who have struggled and triumphed in their efforts to transform the visual arts.

Danger! Women Artists at Work Reviews

'This is the perfect gift for any casual or serious art lover ... Danger! Women Artists at Work is a delightful walk through history, and offers an overdue education and appreciation of women artists' - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER 'I was excited to read a book that covered the topic of women artists - well written, accessible and full of beautiful prints - Definitely a book worth reading.' - BLOGCRITICS

About Debra N. Mancoff

DEBRA N. MANCOFF is Adjunct Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her publications include Icons of Beauty: Art, Culture, and the Image of Women (2010) and The Garden in Art (Merrell, 2011). She lectures regularly at many of the major museums in the United States and Great Britain.

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GOR005769407
9781858945644
185894564X
Danger! Women Artists at Work by Debra N. Mancoff
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Merrell Publishers Ltd
20120921
160
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