Anne
Vallayer Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie Antoinette
by Eik Kahng (Editor), et al
Book Description Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was one of
the most talented still-life painters of the French school. Her exquisite
paintings, today located in some of the world's finest museums, were admired
and collected by many of her contemporaries, including Marie
Antoinette, who became the artist's most important patron. This lavishly
illustrated book, the first devoted to Vallayer-Coster in over 30 years,
presents a stunning array of the artist's still-life works, many of which
have never before been...
Hardcover: 336 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x
11.68 x 9.36
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; ; (July 1, 2002)
ISBN: 0300093292
Until Now
by Anne Geddes
Listed under Anne Geddes
Artemisia:
The Story of a Battle for Greatness
by Alexandra Lapierre (Translator)
(Hardcover - September 2000)
Special Order
Artemisia
Gentileschi
by Mary D. Garrard
(Paperback)
Artemisia:
A Novel
by Alexandra Lapierre, Liz Heron (Translator)
(Paperback - November 2001)
Artemisia
Gentileschi around 1622: The Shaping and Reshaping of an Artistic Identity
(The Discovery Series)
by Mary D. Garrard
(Paperback)
The
Art of History: African American Women Artists Engage the Past
by Lisa Gail Collins
In this lively and engaging book, Lisa Gail Collins examines the work
of contemporary African American women artists. Her study comes at a time
when an unprecedented number of these artists-photographers, filmmakers,
painters, installation and mixed-media artists-have garnered the attention
and imagination of the art-viewing public. The Publisher
Art/Women/California
1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections
by Diana Burgess Fuller (Editor), Daniela Salvioni (Editor)
Berthe
Morisot
by Anne Higonnet
(Paperback - June 1995)
Berthe
Morisot: The First Lady of Impressionism
by Margaret Shennan
(Paperback - June 2000)
Berthe
Morisot
by Kathleen Adler, Tamar Garb
(Paperback - October 1995)
Confessions of an Art Addict: A Memoir
by Peggy Guggenheim, et al
Listed under Art Collecting
Frankenthaler
by John Elderfield
Hardcover from Harry N Abrams
Book Published: February, 1997 |
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Great Women Collectors
by Charlotte Gere, Marina Vaizey
Listed under Art Collecting
Mary Cassatt : Painter of Modern Women (World of Art)
by Griselda Pollock, Mary Cassatt
Listed under Mary Cassatt
Mirror,
Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists
by Liz Redeal et al.
Book Description: The self-portrait is an artist's most intriguing
vehicle for analysis and self-expression. Serving a dual role as both creator
and subject, artists are offered unusual freedom; as a result, self-portraits
offer special value and high interest for both artists and art lovers.
Mirror Mirror explores the role of the self-portrait in the work of 40
women artists from the mid-17th century to today. Filled with gorgeous,
full-color reproductions, this unique guide covers a wide range of media-from
oil painting to photography, woodcut to ceramic sculpture. Readers will
discover the rare work of major painters including Mary Beale, Gwen John,
and Dame Barbara Hepworth, as well as portraits by women known primarily
for their work in other media, such as photographer Lee Miller and ceramicist
Susie Cooper. Each of these wonderful self-portraits appears chronologically
and features fascinating biographical details of each artist, as well as
inspiring essays from two leading art historians: Whitney Chadwick, who
discusses style, technique, and how the artist explored her own identity;
and Frances Borzello, who presents the historical background and artistic
context of each portrait. Whether you're interested in history, art appreciation,
or general women's issues, Mirror Mirror offers a rare look into the work,
intrigue, and genius of some of the most creative women artists throughout
the centuries.
Paperback: 120 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x
9.46 x 7.94
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns; (April 2002)
ISBN: 0823030717
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
by Laurie Lisle
Listed under Georgia O'Keeffe
Painting
Professionals: Women Artists and the Development of Modern American Art,
1870-1930 gd
by Kirsten Swinth
Book Description: Thousands of women pursued artistic careers
in the United States during the late nineteenth century. According to census
figures, the number of women among the ranks of professional artists rose
from 10 percent to nearly 50 percent between 1870 and 1890. Examining the
effects of this change, Kirsten Swinth explores how women's growing presence
in the American art world transformed both its institutions and its ideology.
Paperback: 305 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.80 x
9.22 x 6.30
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr; (October 2001)
ISBN: 0807849715
In
Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World
by Paola Gianturco, et al
Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.36 x
12.58 x 9.52
Publisher: Monacelli Pr; (October 19, 2000)
ISBN: 1580930689
Julia
Margaret Cameron's Women
by Sylvia Wolf, et al
Julia Margaret Cameron's women are, in a word, lovely. The 19th-century
photographer was best known in her lifetime for her portraits of such major
figures of the era as Robert Browning, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Darwin,
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alfred Tennyson--many of whom were her
friends and neighbors on England's Isle of Wight. But her rich images of
women, which convey a wide range of real emotion and experience rarely
openly expressed during the Victoria era, are arguably her strongest, most
important works. Taking themes from the Bible, mythology, literature, and
Renaissance painting, Cameron modeled the women around her--friends, servants,
relatives--as Ophelia, Juliet, Queen Esther, Rachel, A Bacchante, Guinevere,
and Mary, among others. Julia Jackson, the photographer's niece and future
mother of Virginia Woolf, was Cameron's favorite model--and the one woman
Cameron always cast as herself, titling one 1867 image My Favorite Picture
of All My Works. My Niece Julia. Cameron's softly lit, unsmiling women
with unpinned hair are full of sensuality, longing, sadness, and beauty.
Their powerful emotions fill the dark shadows and diffused backgrounds
of their portraits.
The plates for the book were borrowed from collectors around the world
and reproduced on creamy, heavy stock that does fair justice to the original
albumin prints. As Cameron was less concerned with technical exactitude
than the essence of the image, the blurring brought on by a model's movement
or insufficient light is faithfully maintained, serving to heighten the
mystery and allure of the images. Three essays by noted art historians
place Cameron and her work in historical and social context. And appendices
offering biographical data on the models and a reproduction of Cameron's
original price catalog are a substantive complement to the photographs.
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women is an excellent example of an expertly conceived
and beautifully executed artist monograph. --Jordana Moskowitz - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 216 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.04 x
12.85 x 9.78
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; (December 1998)
ISBN: 0300077815
A
Woman's Gaze: Latin American Women Artists
by Marjorie Agosin (Editor)
Book Description: The lives and art of these women are examined
at length in essays by well-known critics, including Bruce Williams, Whitney
Chadwick and Chelsea Miller Goin. As Marjorie Agosin notes in her introduction,
the work of these women "constitute one of the most extraordinary legacies
of Latin America."
Paperback: 264 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.92 x
9.26 x 6.25
Publisher: White Pine Pr; (September 1998)
ISBN: 1877727857
Art
and Feminism
by Helena Reckitt (Editor), Peggy Phelan
No question about it, Art and Feminism is the basic reference book
for feminist art. Part of Phaidon's excellent Themes and Movements series,
it surveys three decades of a tumultuous history with a brief but inclusive
essay, reproductions of works by 155 artists, and lengthy excerpts from
groundbreaking texts by artists and theorists. The challenge posed by a
movement that spans several artistic generations and includes many contentious
players is ably met by essayist Peggy Phelan, professor of performance
studies at New York University. She illuminates the intertwined workings
of feminist politics and literary criticism, psychoanalysis, race and queer
theory with clarity and a refreshing absence of doctrinaire pronouncements.
The illustrations are organized chronologically under sometimes quirky
headings, beginning with "Too Much" (late-'60s performance pieces by such
pioneering figures as Carolee Schneemann, Miriam Schapiro, Eva Hesse, Louise
Bourgeois, and Yayoi Kusama). The final section, "Femmes de Siècle," contains
work from the '90s by Coco Fusco, Kara Walker, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Saville,
and others exploring "collective memories ... and traumas." Essays range
from the raw invective of Valerie Solanas's "Scum Manifesto" (1967) to
the reasoned arguments of Adrian Piper's "The Triple Negation of Colored
Women Artists" (1990). While some may argue that the book could be more
inclusive--it deals overwhelmingly with women artists who exhibit in major
Western cultural centers--it offers an unparalleled breadth of reference.
Irked by the perfect bodies of many feminist artists who use nudity in
their work, I was struck by the poignancy and honesty of Hannah Wilke--a
glamorous figure in '70s and '80s performance art--who chose to memorialize
her bald, bloated self in photographs months before her untimely death
from cancer in 1993. --Cathy Curtis - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.38 x
11.70 x 10.19
Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc.; (July 2001)
ISBN: 0714835293
Carr,
O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Own
by Sharyn Rohlfsen Udall
Hardcover: 384 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.21 x
11.36 x 7.43
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; (December 2000)
ISBN: 0300079583
The
Red Rose Girls : An Uncommon Story of Art and Love
by Alice A. Carter
Traces the lives of three talented artists: Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth
Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley. After studying together under the sympathetic
guidance of Howard Pyle in Philadelphia, the three (all youngest siblings)
decided that they could work best away from the distractions of the city.
In 1900, they established their home and studios in a rambling country
house called the Red Rose Inn, leading Pyle to dub them the "Red Rose Girls."
Amazon.com
Hardcover - 216 pages (March 15, 2000)
Harry N Abrams; ISBN: 0810944375
Three
Artists (Three Women): Modernism and the Art of Hesse, Krasner, and O'Keeffe
by Anne Middleton Wagner
Paperback: 365 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x
10.00 x 7.00
Publisher: University of California Press; Reprint edition
(March 1998)
ISBN: 0520214331
Vision
and Difference: Femininity, Feminism and the Histories of Art
by Griselda Pollock
Book Description: Chapters on the structures of art historical
writing are complemented by studies of Elizabeth Siddall, Mary Cassatt
and Berthe Morisot, which deal with themes of modernity, sexuality and
repression.
Paperback: 239 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.68 x
9.16 x 6.15
Publisher: Methuen Drama; ; (September 1988)
ISBN: 0415007224
Passion by Design: The Art and Times of Tamara De Lempicka
by Baroness Kizette De Lempicka-Foxhall, Charles Phillips
Listed under Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara De Lempicka: Catalogue Raisonne 1921-1979
Listed under Tamara de Lempicka
Originals:
American Women Artists
by Eleanor Munro
Paperback: 528 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.38 x
8.98 x 5.89
Publisher: DaCapo Press; (April 4, 2000)
ISBN: 0306809559
A Shaker Sister's Drawings : Wild Plants Illustrated by Cora Helena
Sarle
by Cora Helena Sarle, et al
Listed under Botanical Illustration
Talking
to Faith Ringgold
by Faith Ringgold, et al
(Paperback - January 1996)
Dancing
at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection and Other Story Quilts
by Faith Ringgold (Editor), et al
(Paperback - May 1998)
Faith Ringgold Calendar: African-American Artist
Listed under Crafts Calendars
Rookwood and the Industry of Art: Women, Culture, and Commerce, 1880
1913
by Nancy Elizabeth Owen
Listed under Rookwood Pottery
Women
Artists: Works from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
by National Museum of Women in the Arts, Nancy G. Heller
Book Description: Written by best-selling author and art historian
Nancy Heller and featuring the most noteworthy artists and works of the
country's preeminent women's art museum, the National Museum of Women in
the Arts in Washington, D.C., Women Artists is the definitive volume on
the history of women in art. Spanning over 500 years, from the Renaissance
through the present, this beautifully designed volume features portraits,
biographical backgrounds, and discussions of the work of eighty-six artists,
exploring their art within the historical context in which it was created.
End notes and a complete listing of the museum's 2,600 holdings are included
as well, making this book the most dynamic and authoritative volume on
women artists ever published.
Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.05 x
12.38 x 9.36
Publisher: Rizzoli; (November 2000)
ISBN: 0847822907
Women,
Art, and Society (World of Art)
by Whitney Chadwick
Women
Artists: An Illustrated History
by Nancy G. Heller, Nancy Grubb (Editor)
The
Passion of Artemisia
by Susan Vreeland
(Paperback - December 2002)
Orazio
and Artemisia Gentileschi
by Keith Christiansen, Orazio Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), one of the few famous women painters
of the time, and her father.
(Hardcover)
Sister Wendy's American Collection
by Toby Eady Associates et al
Listed under Wendy Beckett
Visions
: Stories About Women Artists
by Leslie Sills, et al
(School & Library Binding - April 1993)
Wise
Women : A Celebration of Their Insights, Courage, and Beauty
by Joyce Tenneson
Book Description: In ancient times, older women were the keepers
of primal mysteries and were revered for their special wisdom. For this
very special book, Joyce Tenneson traveled throughout America to photograph
and interview women ages 65 to l00. What she found was a revelation-women
who were vital, energetic, and deeply beautiful, inside and out. The 80
portraits are of women from all walks of life from the famous, such as
Sandra Day O'Connor, Julie Harris, and Angela Lansbury, to the ordinary,
such as our mothers and grandmothers. Tenneson's compelling and compassionate
portraits, accompanied by short poignant statements from these remarkable
women about the experience of aging, will help to reawaken us to the power
and wisdom of our elders.
Women
of Flowers : A Tribute to Victorian Women Illustrators
by Jack Kramer, et al
(Hardcover - October 1996)
Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement
by Whitney Chadwick
Listed under Surrealism
Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits
by Frances Borzello
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