- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications (Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0823058743
- ISBN-13: 978-0823058747
- Product Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.1 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,849,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Women are Artists!!!,
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This review is from: A World of Our Own: Women as Artists (Hardcover)
I am a A-level Art student currently in my final year preparing for my exam. I picked up 'A World of our own' a few weeks ago and have been reading and using it ever since. It has inspired me to continue my dream as an artist as it shows the revolution of women as Artists. It goes through the centuries looking at a collection of womens work from that period. I was fascinated by the modern work it reviewed including Paula Rego who is a particular favourite of mine. Women Artists everywhere should read this book It's brilliant!!!
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A wonderful book,
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This review is from: A World of Our Own: Women as Artists (Hardcover)
This is a beautiful book full of delicious, colour illustrations describing the tale of adversity faced and overcome by women artists from the sixteenth century up till the present day. It is broken down into 6 chapters:1. Out of the Shadows - 1500 - 1600 2. The celebrated line of women artists - 1600 - 1750 3. Objects of fascination - 1750 - 1850 4. The Glory Days - 1850 - 1910 5. Profession: Artist - 1910 - 1970 6. The Feminist revolution - 1970 and after A must for anyone interested in Art History as there are so many gaps in other histories where women artists are completely left out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Women Talk About Their Art,
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This review is from: A World of Our Own: Women as Artists Since the Renaissance (Hardcover)
The surprise about this book is the number of quotes from women artists themselves, not just from the l9th and 20th century, but from earlier centuries too. In the l6th century Sophonisba Anguissola's father thanks Michaelangelo for helping improve his daughter's drawing. In the l7th century, Artemisia Gentileschi says "I will show my lord, what a woman artist can do." In the l8th century, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun recalls her technique for making the most of the looks of the women she painted. The author shows how for 500 years women have made up a sigificant minority of the community of working artists. The book is lavishly illustrated with rarely seen images of women artists at work and of the paintings and sculptures they produced. This book would make a wonderful present!
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More Than Information,
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This review is from: A World of Our Own: Women as Artists Since the Renaissance (Hardcover)
The New York reviewer makes a good point but it's not ALL quotes.The book is also pretty informative about the career options open to women in the past and how they made use of them. The author takes a level-headed view and makes you feel admiring of the way women have been getting on with the job of being artists for hundreds of years. There's some stimulating pages at the end about the role of feminism as well.
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More Than Information,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A World of Our Own: Women as Artists Since the Renaissance (Hardcover)
The New York reviewer makes a good point but it's not ALL quotes.The book is also pretty informative about the career options open to women in the past and how they made use of them. The author takes a level-headed view and makes you feel admiring of the way women have been getting on with the job of being artists for hundreds of years. There's some stimulating pages at the end about the role of feminism as well.
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