Often regarded as merely the creator of sentimental images of mothers and children or an expatriate heavily influenced by Impressionism, Mary Cassatt is not typically regarded as an artist of radical convictions. In "Eve's Daughter/Modern Woman," Sally Webster reevaluates these dismissals with a historical, aesthetic, and symbolist analysis of Cassatt's unique venture into the male-dominated realm of large-scale mural painting, "Modern Woman."Commissioned for the Woman's Building at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, "Modern Woman" also stood as a personal and professional...
Often regarded as merely the creator of sentimental images of mothers and children or an expatriate heavily influenced by Impressionism, Mary Cassa...
