In the great age of English garden design, eighteenth-century women
working in the "sister arts" of painting, poetry, and landscape
gardening adapted the Linnaean system of plant classification and
the tradition of the erotic garden to create art with and for other
women that celebrated everything from classical friendship to
erotic love. In this book, filled with lush illustrations and
intriguing stories, Lisa L. Moore reveals how these women artists
used flowers, gardens, and landscapes to express their love for
other women.
Aristocratic diarist Mary Delany built a garden grotto for the
exclusive use of herself and the naturalist and collector Margaret
Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. Romantic poet Anna Seward, mourning
the loss of Honora Sneyd to an unworthy marriage and then death,
wrote her beloved's face and body into her landscape poems. And in
1790s Connecticut, feminist intellectual Sarah Pierce transformed
texts and images into a new poetic evocation of intimacy between
women both egalitarian and erotic. These women, Moore shows,
influenced later works by Emily Dickinson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida
Kahlo, and Tee Corinne.
Moore goes on to trace the legacy of the lesbian sister arts
tradition in subsequent art and poetry, including contemporary
multimedia work by Kara Walker, Michelene Thomas, Alma Lopez, and
Allyson Mitchell. Her book redefines this unstudied sister arts
tradition, which becomes visible only when we understand how the
works of these women exemplify what she deems "lesbian genres." It
will captivate readers who want to know more about women's
contributions to garden history and landscape design--as well as
those looking for a new perspective on queer history, literature,
and culture.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Authors: |
Lisa L. Moore
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-7014-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-8166-7014-5 |
Barcode: |
9780816670147 |
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