- Paperback: 373 pages
- Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks; New edition edition (2 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1860646778
- ISBN-13: 978-1860646775
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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- #17 in Books > History > Other Historical Subjects > Women in History
- #99 in Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Women & Art
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It is everything we might have wished: passionate yet lucid, clear yet complex, deeply researched yet not pedantic. It is a book that explains, better than any I have ever read, the psychological, economic and even aesthetic reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all our artistic establishments. "Erica Jong"
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If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Köllwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.
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"The single most striking fact about the women who made names for themselves as painters before the nineteenth century is that almost all of them were related to better-known male painters, while the proportion of male painters who were not related to other" Read the first page
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is not just a useful book for women's studies, but for history of art students too. I just remember this author for her feminist views and ground breaking book - The Female Eunech - but now note also how well Greer writes. She is accurate and academic, yet pleasantly so and easy to read. Research is evident and wide comparisons are made. I have used this book for studies on Artemesia Gentileschi, Caravaggio and the Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets and it is also interesting to note what has happened to would-be female artists, now and then. Why aren't you an artist if you are creative?
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Very interesting and useful book on how women artists have had to struggle to be recognised as artists and not just female artists.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Ms Greer's eye-opening book 'The Obstacle Race' had a majorly positive effect on my life as a professional painter, a tough career choice, especially when having few role models. The many illustrations show that women - despite the horrendous straightjackets imposed upon them - may have equal talent, and often show a fresh, incisive directness, which somehow, throughout the centuries, those self-styled arbiters of artistic taste chose to ignore.
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