Women writing art history in the nineteenth century : looking like a woman / Hilary Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Hilary, 1953- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 95.

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 95

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Historiography--History--19th century.

Art.

Art criticism--History--19th century.

Art criticism.

Women art historians.

Women art critics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sets out to correct received accounts of the emergence of art history as a masculine field. It investigates the importance of female writers from Anna Jameson, Elizabeth Eastlake and George Eliot to Alice Meynell, Vernon Lee and Michael Field in developing a discourse of art notable for its complexity and cultural power, its increasing professionalism and reach, and its integration with other discourses of modernity. Proposing a more flexible and inclusive model of what constitutes art historical writing, including fiction, poetry and travel literature, this book offers a radically revisionist account of the genealogy of a discipline and a profession. It shows how women experienced forms of professional exclusion that, whilst detrimental to their careers, could be aesthetically formative; how working from the margins of established institutional structures gave women the freedom to be audaciously experimental in their writing about art in ways that resonate with modern readers.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Series information""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright information""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Note""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The profession of art history""; ""The professional status of art history in the nineteenth century""; ""Writing from the margins/at the cutting edge""; ""The struggle for professional recognition""; ""Chapter 2 The art of fiction""; ""Fictional portraits of female artists""; ""Subjects and objects""; ""Chapter 3 Girl guides: travel, translation, ekphrasis""

""Travel writing""""Translation and ekphrasis""; ""Sight and Song""; ""Chapter 4 Women�s periods""; ""A feminised Renaissance""; ""Historiography""; ""Regarding the eighteenth century""; ""Chapter 5 Feminine arts""; ""Photography""; ""The art of the home""; ""The art of dress""; ""Modernity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The profession of art history""; ""2 The art of fiction""; ""3 Girl guides: travel, translation, ekphrasis""; ""4 Women�s periods""; ""5 Feminine arts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-08336-5

1-316-05736-4

1-316-05499-3

1-316-08100-1

1-107-42874-2

1-316-07154-5

1-139-87197-8

1-316-07864-7

1-316-07627-X

1-316-07390-4

OCLC:

889674457