Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500-1900 brings women's
engagements with art into a pan-Asian dialogue with essays that
examine women as artists, commissioners, collectors, and subjects
from India, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan, from
the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The artistic media
includes painting, sculpture, architecture, textiles, and
photography. The book is broadly concerned with four salient
questions: How unusual was it for women to engage directly with
art? What factors precluded more women from doing so? In what ways
did women's artwork or commissions differ from those of men? And,
what were the range of meanings for woman as subject matter? The
chapters deal with historic individuals about whom there is
considerable biographical information. Beyond locating these
uncommon women within their socio-cultural milieux, contributors
consider the multiple strands that twined to comprise their complex
identities, and how these impacted their works of art. In many
cases, the woman's status-as wife, mother, widow, ruler, or
concubine (and multiple combinations thereof), as well as her
religion and lineage-determined the media, style, and content of
her art. Women, Gender and Art in Asia, c. 1500-1900 adds to our
understanding of works of art, their meanings, and functions.
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