Women Building History - Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition (Hardcover)

This handsomely illustrated book is a welcome addition to the history of women during America's Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neo-classical Woman's Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern woman's progress in education, arts, and sciences. Looking closely at the paintings and sculptures women artists made to decorate the structure, including the murals by Mary Cassatt and Mary MacMonnies, Corn uncovers an unspoken but consensual program to visualize a history of the female sex and promote an expansion of modern woman's opportunities. Beautifully written, with informative sidebars by Annelise K. Madsen and artist biographies by Charlene G. Garfinkle, this volume illuminates the originality of the public images female artists created in 1893 and inserts them into the complex discourse of fin de siecle woman's politics. "The Woman's Building" offered female artists an unprecedented opportunity to create public art and imagine an historical narrative that put women rather than men at its center.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Wanda Corn
Contributors:	Charlene Garfinkle • Annelise K. Madsen
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-24111-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-24111-8
Barcode:	9780520241114

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