Shaping Visions in U. S. -American Magazines : Women Illustrators and the Visual Culture of Femininity, 1890-1920.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedrichs, Annabel, author.

Series:

Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series

Buchreihe der Anglia / Anglia Book Series ; v.84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American periodicals--History--19th century.

American periodicals.

Women artists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

Between 1890 and 1920, white U.S. American women experienced unprecedented sociopolitical changes - a dynamic era vividly captured but also creatively and profoundly shaped by successful female illustrators within a burgeoning magazine market. This study highlights five groundbreaking, yet largely forgotten, artists - Rose O'Neill, Nell Brinkley, May Wilson Preston, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Alice Beach Winter. Their work for mass and little magazines reached and inspired a large female readership, while participating in broader dialogues about women's roles in society. Four case studies explore the creative possibilities of visual-textual expression across magazine covers, advice columns, advertisements, and illustrated serials. "Shaping Visions" not only chronicles an important era for visual and periodical culture but also makes a compelling case for recognizing female illustrators alongside male contemporaries like Charles Dana Gibson. Featuring previously unexplored illustrations, this book offers scholars and enthusiasts of art history, gender, or media studies fresh insights into the intersections of art, femininity, and magazines at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

1 Drawing outside the Lines: Female Illustrators and the Visual Diversification of Femininity in U.S.-American Magazines, 1890-1920

2 "Flirting with Time," Or: How Young Women in Rose O'Neill's Illustrations for Puck (1896-1901) Have the Summer of their Lives

3 On"Well Built Girls" and "Modern Bacchantes": The Self-Fashioning of Modern Womanhood in Nell Brinkley's Illustrations for the mid-1910s Harper's Bazar

4 Visualizing Political Womanhood: May Wilson Preston's Drawings for "Portia Politics" in the Woman Voter, 1911-12

5 'It Floats': Jessie Willcox Smith's and Alice Beach Winter's Visual Narratives of Childhood between Commerce and Sociopolitical Critique

6 Imagining the Next Generation

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783111543932

3111543935

OCLC:

1491311040