Asian women artists : a biographical dictionary, 2700 BCE to today / Mary Ellen Snodgrass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists--Asia--Biography--Dictionaries.

Women artists.

Women and the arts--Asia--Dictionaries.

Women and the arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2022].

Summary:

"This book is a guide to identifying female creators and artistic movements from all parts of Asia, offering a broad spectrum of media and presentation representing a wide variety of milieus, regions, peoples and genres. Arranged chronologically by artist birth date, entries date as far back as Leizu's Chinese sericulture in 2700 B.C.E. and continue all the way to the March 2021 mural exhibition by Malaysian painter Caryn Koh. Entries for each artist feature biographical information, cultural context and a survey of notable works. Covering creators known for prophecy, dance, epic and oratory, the compendium includes obscure artists and more familiar names, like biblical war poet Deborah, Judaean dancer Salome, Byzantine Empress Theodora and Myanmar freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi. In an effort to relieve unfamiliarity with parts of the world poorly represented in art history, it focuses on Asian women often passed over in global art surveys"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Ancient Era

2. Late Classical Era

3. Late ­Byzantine-Islamic Era

4. Middle Ages

5. Renaissance

6. 1650s-1880s

7. 1890s-1920s

8. 1930s

9. 1940-1944

10. 1945-1950s

11. 1960s

12. 1970s-1980s

13. 1990s-2000s

Chronology of Asian Women's Art

Appendix A: Artists by Genres

Appendix B: Artists by Place

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Snodgrass, Mary Ellen Asian Women Artists

ISBN:

9781476646985