Women building history : public art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition Wanda M. Corn ; with contributions by Charlene G. Garfinkle and Annelise K. Madsen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corn, Wanda M.

Contributor:

Garfinkle, Charlene G.

Madsen, Annelise K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in art.

Sex role in art.

Mural painting and decoration--Illinois--Chicago--19th century--Themes, motives.

Mural painting and decoration.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century--Themes, motives.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Woman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.).

Women artists.

Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

xi, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

Contents:

The fair : The mural movement in Paris

The woman's building : The Women's Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition ; Achievements in paint, lace, and numbers ; Women speak out ; The college girl ; The impressionists as antimuralists ; Writing "herstory"

The murals : The new girl and the new woman ; The skirt dance ; The feminization of the banjo ; Other decorations in the woman's building

The criticism : The fate of the mural decorations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line: Stereograph, Interior of Womens' Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection of Centennial Exhibition records [1544], Box 17, photo 490. (Page 67).

Other Format:

Online version: Corn, Wanda M. Women building history.

ISBN:

9780520241114 (cloth : alk. paper)

0520241118 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

642352066