Women Writing Art History in the Nineteenth Century: Looking Like a Woman

ISBN-13: 9781107428744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 254 str.

Hilary Fraser

Opis

This book examines women's art writing in the nineteenth century, challenging the idea of art history as a masculine intellectual field.

Recenzje

'… this eminently readable study of women writing in a diversity of genres during the nineteenth century … provides an important account of the conceptual origins of art history in Britain and the contributions of writers participating from the discipline's margins.' D. H. Cibelli, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The profession of art history; 2. The art of fiction; 3. Girl guides: travel, translation, ekphrasis; 4. Women's periods; 5. Feminine arts; Conclusion.