Women and Art

📖 The Scoop

"Over the centuries, male artists and critics have laid claim to a gender monopoly on artistic 'greatness'. Yet, throughout history, many female artists have produced art of great power and accomplishment despite widespread hostility and practical obstacles. Some of these artists have received critical recognition, many more have been consigned to obscurity. One far-reaching consequence of this has been that some of the most famous images of women have been produced by male artists with no direct knowledge of the female experience. Wave upon wave of art has depicted women as sexually precocious children, idealized icons of beauty, dewy-eyed pillars of domesticity or fearful hags; only rarely have audiences been offered a female artist's perspective on women's lives."--BOOK JACKET.

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