Danger! Women Artists at Work

by Debra N. Mancoff and Athena Dixon

Book Overview

The conventional history of art is one of great men making great paintings, and displaying their works to a predominantly male audience in male-run institutions. Women, however, have had a role, often working behind the scenes, out of sight or in resistance to prevailing attitudes and practices. And it is in these exceptions to the rules of the masculine world of art-making that women artists have been perceived as groundbreaking, defiant and even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185894564X
• ISBN13: 9781858945644
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Merrell
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 11.0"