Women, Art, and Society (World of Art) | 
 enlarge | Author: Whitney Chadwick
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 638537
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0500203547
Dewey Decimal Number: 704.042
EAN: 9780500203545
ASIN: 0500203547
Publication Date: April 2002
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Product Description
This acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists, such as Artemisia Gentileschi, are exceptions who "transcended" their sex in achieving major works of art. In fact, many other women have produced paintings, sculptures, and crafts since the Middle Ages, and have been neglected. Whitney Chadwick provides much more than an alternative canon of women artists: she reexamines the works themselves and the ways in which they have been perceived as marginal, often in direct reference to gender. In her discussion of feminism, and its influence on such a reappraisal, the author also addresses the closely related issues of ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Since Women, Art, and Society was first published in 1990, globalization, rapidly shifting demographic and geographic realities, and an explosion of new technologies have transformed the ways we think about the world, and prompted yet more critical consideration of how gender, sexual difference, race, and culture intersect. In an additional chapter for this expanded edition, Chadwick reflects on the new globalism in the visual arts and brings the discussion up to date by focusing on the many biennials, triennials, and other international art shows that have emerged during the 1990s to provide an important forum for a whole range of women artists from around the world. 303 illustrations, 79 in color.
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 Fast & Ready for school! October 19, 2008
The shipping was fast and I received it just in time to start my class. It was in excellent condition just as promised. Thank you!
Fine classroom text, interesting read September 19, 2008
Fine classroom text, interesting read:
This book with m. Slatkin's book to assist with organization, are good classroom texts and both excellant reads.
Excellent Condition!!! September 15, 2005
2 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was very pleased to see the GREAT condition that this book was in. It looked BRAND NEW. Thank you for the great product at such a low price!
 Should be required Art History text book August 11, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The information in this book should be in every Art History 101 text book, but unfortunately it isn't! It does read like a good text book and there are lots of illustrations (although there could be lots more). Chadwick is in expert in her field. Anyone interested in Art History should know what this book covers...
 Wordy! March 13, 2001
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book does conatain some truly valuable information, unfortunately it is also full of so much useless information that you become completely overwhelmed.
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