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Art, industry, and women's education in Philadelphia / Nina de Angeli Walls.
Fine Arts Library N330.P525 P489 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walls, Nina de Angeli.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia School of Design for Women--History.
- Philadelphia School of Design for Women.
- Moore College of Art and Design--History.
- Moore College of Art and Design.
- Design--Study and teaching (Higher)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Design.
- Women artists--Education--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Women artists.
- Education.
- History.
- Design--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Local Subjects:
- Moore College of Art and Design--History.
- Philadelphia School of Design for Women--History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2001.
- Summary:
- An intensive study of the social and cultural context of a women's vocational art school which gives an unusual view of the history of higher education for women and the history of American art
- Contents:
- 1. Calicos and Carpets: Creating the School of Design, 1848-1880 1
- Early Pupils 3
- American Design School Movement 5
- A Practical Curriculum 8
- Building for the Future, 1870s 10
- 2. "Designing Women" as Students 15
- Student Life 16
- Typical Students 19
- Ethnicity 27
- Scholarships 30
- Judging Performance 33
- 3. Managing a Women's Art School 39
- Early Governing Boards 43
- The Sartain Era 48
- Business and the Arts 51
- Promoting Art Education 53
- A New Era 57
- 4. The Sartain Legacy, 1886-1946 69
- Portrait of an Artist: Emily Sartain 73
- Emily Sartain as Principal 79
- Harriet Sartain and the New Era 84
- 5. Pround Alumnae, "Wage Earners and Artists" 95
- Marriage and Career Conflicts 98
- Teaching Art 103
- Technical Design 109
- Painters and Illustrators 116
- 6. Moore College in the Twentieth Century 129
- A School for Women Only 130
- Managing in Turbulent Times 135
- Renewed Purpose, 1990s 137
- Modern Alumnae Careers 139
- Twentieth-Century Curriculum 142
- Toward the Twenty-First Century 143
- Administrative Heads of School 153.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0897897455
- OCLC:
- 43561903
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