The Dinner Party

by Judy Chicago

Book Overview

The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago's feminist art masterpiece, The Dinner Party installation at the Brooklyn Museum, and an introduction to outstanding women in history.Judy Chicago's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140244379
• ISBN13: 9780140244373
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

A fun book for everybody

The book is about one of the most well-known peices in Feminist art, Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party". It not only features photos and accounts of Chicago and her hard-working team of volenteers (both men and women) as they worked for almost eight years on the project and fought to have it exhibited, but it also features detailed sections on each of the place settings and kind of symbolism used in them, and biographies of all the other women whose names around them. A very interesting and exciting book to flip through.

A Must-Have for Women and for Men Who Appreciate Them

A triumph! A long-awaited celebration of truth about all womankind! A must-have for all women. and for men who truly appreciate their worth! Every female in the world should read this book cover-to cover and rejoice. A rare and beautiful work of art--second only to The Dinner Party exhibit itself. I am going to give this book to my daughter, friends of varying ethnic backgrounds, and several lesbian friends. How often do you find a book that speaks to the entire human race about the valuable contributions of the so-called "weaker sex"? Now we must all work to get The Dinner Party exhibit traveling, as it was originally intended to do, so that we can all personally stand in awe at this altar to all Eve's daughters!

Powerful and Empowering

"Dinner Party" is one of the all-time great works of feminist art, and although it proved too threatening to males, especially the white males of congress, it is art which MUST be witnessed by all young women. I applaud the other reviewers who have distributed this great book to other women.

A Must Have!

'The Dinner Party' is notable - not only for its beautiful art - but also for its amazing synopsis of women in history. If you are looking for a summary of the multitude of contributions by women, GET THE BOOK. The art is beautiful, stiking, and magical, the text is equally compelling. Especially recommended for art history, women's studies, etc

Excellent gift for young women

This is the exhibit book for "The Dinner Party", the historic feminist art project led by Judy Chicago. It consists of a table with 39 place settings, each honoring a legendary or real woman. Each setting consists of painted and sculpted china plates and embroidered tapestries, both replete with imagery and symbolism. I am giving it to a young female friend for her 13th birthday, and I've already given it to a 17-year-old cousin. Congress considered this work obscene, but I consider it a masterpiece.