Eighteenth Century Women Artists

Author : Caroline Chapman
Publisher : Unicorn
ISBN 13 : 9781910787502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-century Women Artists written by Caroline Chapman and published by Unicorn. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth century was an age when not only the aristocracy but a burgeoning middle class could enjoy a remarkable flowering of the arts. But it was a man's world; any woman who wished to succeed as an artist had to overcome numerous obstacles. In a society in which women were required to marry, reproduce, and conform to rigid social conventions a professional artist risked becoming an object of gossip and hostility. Nevertheless, for a woman who had charm and good looks, was ambitious, and allied talent with hard work, success was attainable. This book examines the careers and working lives of celebrated artists like Angelica Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun but also of those who are now forgotten. As well as assessing the work itself - from history and genre painting to portraits - it considers artists' studios, the functioning of the print market, how art was sold, the role of patrons and the flourishing world of the lady amateur. It is enriched by up to 55 illustrations in glorious colour.

Author : Melissa Hyde
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351871722
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe written by Melissa Hyde and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth century is recognized as a complex period of dramatic epistemic shifts that would have profound effects on the modern world. Paradoxically, the art of the era continues to be a relatively neglected field within art history. While women's private lives, their involvement with cultural production, the project of Enlightenment, and the public sphere have been the subjects of ground-breaking historical and literary studies in recent decades, women's engagement with the arts remains one of the richest and most under-explored areas for scholarly investigation. This collection of new essays by specialist authors addresses women's activities as patrons and as "patronized" artists over the course of the century. It provides a much needed examination, with admirable breadth and variety, of women's artistic production and patronage during the eighteenth century. By opening up the specific problems and conflicts inherent in women's artistic involvements from the perspective of what was at stake for the eighteenth-century women themselves, it also acts as a corrective to the generalizing and stereotyping about the prominence of those women, which is too often present in current day literature. Some essays are concerned with how women's involvement in the arts allowed them to fashion identities for themselves (whether national, political, religious, intellectual, artistic, or gender-based) and how such self-fashioning in turn enabled them to negotiate or intervene in the public domains of culture and politics where "The Woman Question" was so hotly debated. Other essays examine how men's patronage of women also served as a vehicle for self-fashioning for both artist and sponsor. Artists and patrons discussed include: Carriera; Queen Lovisa Ulrike and Chardin; the Bourbon Princesses Mlle Clermont, Mme Adélaïde and Nattier; the Duchess of Osuna and Goya; Marie-Antoinette and Vigée-Lebrun; Labille-Guiard; Queen Carolina of Naples, Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski of Poland and Kauffman; David and his students, Mesdames Benoist, Lavoisier and Mongez.

Author : Arlene Leis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000175189
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and the Art and Science of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century Europe written by Arlene Leis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through both longer essays and shorter case studies, this book examines the relationship of European women from various countries and backgrounds to collecting, in order to explore the social practices and material and visual cultures of collecting in eighteenth-century Europe. It recovers their lives and examines their interests, their methodologies, and their collections and objects—some of which have rarely been studied before. The book also considers women’s role as producers, that is, creators of objects that were collected. Detailed examination of the artefacts—both visually, and in relation to their historical contexts—exposes new ways of thinking about collecting in relation to the arts and sciences in eighteenth-century Europe. The book is interdisciplinary in its makeup and brings together scholars from a wide range of fields. It will be of interest to those working in art history, material and visual culture, history of collecting, history of science, literary studies, women’s studies, gender studies, and art conservation.

Author : Frederick M. Keener
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Women and the Arts written by Frederick M. Keener and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-11-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major task confronting today's scholars is the reclamation from near oblivion of a multitude of works of art, literature, music, scholarship, and other creative enterprises by eighteenth-century women. This fascinating collection provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the roles played by women as both creators of and subjects within works of art in the eighteenth century. A series of initial essays examines the biographical and historical conditions in which women of the times lived and worked. Some essays explore the attitudes of women themselves and how they perceived their roles, as well as their expectations expressed by male authors. Other essays focus on women's contributions to particular arts, notably poetry, the novel, music, and painting. A final section attends to research itself, reporting first on collaborative efforts to identify individual eighteenth-century women authors and discover trends in their writing. In addition, an alternative to the traditional scholarly methods course is provided in an example of the original research directed toward the rediscovery and understanding of the texts of Elizabeth Griffeth. This entertaining collection will foster new appreciation for the presence of women in the arts of the eighteenth century. An important contribution to women's studies, this volume is sure to be of special interest to students and scholars alike.

Author : Olivier Bernier
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870992945
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eighteenth-century Woman written by Olivier Bernier and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1981 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gillian Perry
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719042287
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Femininity and Masculinity in Eighteenth-century Art and Culture written by Gillian Perry and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the visual arts and written texts, this book explores the nature of femininity and masculinity in 18th-century Britain and France. The activities and collective conditions of women as producers of art and culture are investigated, together with analysis of representation and the ways in which it might be gendered. This illustrated book should make an important contribution to debates on representation, constructions of sexuality and women as producers.

Author : Ersy Contogouris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351187899
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emma Hamilton and Late Eighteenth-Century European Art written by Ersy Contogouris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a renewed look at Emma Hamilton, the eighteenth-century celebrity who was depicted by many major artists, including Angelica Kauffman, George Romney, and Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun. Adopting an art historical and feminist lens, Ersy Contogouris analyzes works of art in which Hamilton appears, her performances, and writings by her contemporaries to establish her impact on this pivotal moment in European history and art. This pioneering volume shows that Hamilton did not attempt to present a coherent or polished identity, and argues instead that she was a kaleidoscope of different selves through which she both expressed herself and presented to others what they wanted to see. She was resilient, effectively asserted her agency, and was a powerful inspiration for generations of artists and women in their own search for expression and self-actualization.

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Publisher : Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Women Artists written by and published by Paul Holberton Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy Heller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Artists written by Nancy Heller and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully designed volume is an accessible, comprehensive treasure that spans art history from the Renaissance to the present, featuring eighty-six women artists from around the world. The book is divided into seven sections representing chronological and regional groupings. Each section contains an introductory essay that places the works in historical context to provide an overview of the social and political forces that shaped the eras and regions in which the works were created. Also included is a section on artists' books.

Author : Wanda Ryan
Publisher : Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780907660224
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Women Artists written by Wanda Ryan and published by Paul Holberton Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: