Women artists : an illustrated history / Nancy G. Heller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heller, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, 1997.

Summary:

With its lavish color illustrations - the paintings and sculptures are all reproduced in full color - and numerous documentary pictures of the artists themselves, Women Artists: An Illustrated History provides an unprecedented wealth of visual material on the subject. This updated third edition adds several new international artists - including Mona Hatoum, Kiki Smith, Carne May Weems, and Rachel Whiteread - to bring the content up to the minute. Nancy G. Heller's text offers a lively overview of the obstacles that women encountered - restricted access to education and apprenticeship, social pressures to marry and mother, limited opportunities to travel and exhibit - but she most emphasizes the ingenious ways that generations of women artists circumvented these obstacles to establish themselves as well-respected professionals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-273) and index.

ISBN:

0789203456

OCLC:

36648788