Vision and Difference: Femininity, Feminism and Histories of Art

by Griselda Pollock

Book Overview

Griselda Pollock provides concrete historical analyses of key moments in the formation of modern culture to reveal the sexual politics at the heart of modernist art. Crucially, she not only explores a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415007224
• ISBN13: 9780415007221
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Balance of Power!

As a mature male, I found Griselda Polock's observations reach far beyond the medium of art production alone. It enters on the core of basic human relations in an ever-changining materialistic environment dominated by a male ethos.A hidden male agenda lies quietly in waiting to be explored. The concept of "modern" is amplified to the point of no return; leaving the time-worn question on the reconciliation between the sexes open to further discussion.