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Women Artists in History: From Antiquity to the Present

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Women Artists in History - as everybody probably knows History means His Story! The question Linda Nochlin asked in the seventies "Why have there been no great women artists" is because Art History has been written from male perspective. But indeed there were and are women artists.........
Most books about Art History (Janson - Honour & Fleming - Gombrich) don't mention women at all or give them a small place. THis book is all about women artists and gives a good chronological view about their efforts. I think it's an interesting book for everybody - those who are trained as Art Historians in the tradtional way (without much attention for the women) and those who like te know more about Art History in general.
This book tells about the women artists from antiquity to the present and that is a very interesting point of view, most other books start in the Renaissance. But in Antiquity, more specific Prehistory it was a Motherworld, in the Renaissance it is (as today) a Fatherworld. So it's good to see the social change from Motherworld to Fatherworld and the effects in the Arts.....
Last point I'd like to mention about this book is the booklist after each chapter, very useful!
I myself am an Art History theacher in the Netherlands and use this book in my classes (Basic Art History) besides Gombrich's "The Story of Art".

Wendy Slatkin has produced an introduction to a subject which deserves a more indepth study. She offers a outline of women artists and their work that is, however, suitable for a beginning class of Art History students. It crys out for a broader scope and more detailed research, particularily in the area of 20th Century artists. It is, in this sense, an inspirational 'textbook'.

This book was published just after I took the course with the same title with the author in the 1980's. I am now a professor myself at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. I have used this book as a resource to teach as well as to write and create presentations for workshops. It is an excellent resources, well written, comprehensive, and as pertinent today as the day it was published. It is a 'must' for any teacher involved with art, art history, women students, or women's studies. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in women's history.

Another reviewer here wrote that this would be an appropriate book for a beginning art history class. Well, take it from me, an art history teacher, that the students were bored with this book. The only complaint for my Women in Art (no prerequisite required) course was that this book needed to be replaced with something more in depth.

An excellent starting point for anyone looking for the basic information about women artists throughout the history, their lives, and their impact on the evolution of the Western art. It presents just a brief introduction to the most significant artists, but will make you want to learn more about every one of them.

I had to read this book for my Women in Literature and Visual Arts class. It was certainly informative, and very organized. The pictures were black and white, which is always disappointing for an art book, but it was primarily text-based, so that was not too much of a problem. The "Present" that its title refers to is 2001. It was helpful for both this class and an Art History course that I later took. I suppose if you really enjoy art, especially art by (and about) females, this book is worth reading.

I was not only impressed by the FANTASTIC quality/condition of the book, I was impressed by how much care the sender (Pat Glaudel) put into this. I received it in just two business days along with a note from the seller, which was very thoughtful. I would recommend this book AND this seller to anyone. Top notch!

Fast shipping and arrived on time, it's kept me going through class and survived the forces of a 1 year old.