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Enduring Visions: Women's Artistic Heritage Around the World

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Here's a book that makes women's indigenous art around the world accessible to a wide audience. The lively, engaging text and beautiful layout provide endless surprises about women's creation of art throughout the ages for spiritual, social, political, and personal purposes! A first of its kind!

I love this book and have used similar images to teach a course on women artists. My only complaint is that art of the Middle East does not include Egypt at all and there are plenty of Bedouin craft traditions still practiced though to a lesser extent. Covering so much territory however, does not allow for a wider coverage. However, it is well written, with some better known contemporary artists featured as well as local art traditions that are less well known. Abby Remer's book is a must have for art historians to supplement discussions regarding women artists, non-western art, women's studies, etc. Highly recommend this well illustrated book.