Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian

Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition

This handsomely illustrated book is a welcome addition to the history of women during Americaâ€™s Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neo-classical Womanâ€™s Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern womanâ€™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 womanâ€™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 siÃ¨cle womanâ€™s politics. The Womanâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber B01K0TH59O
ReleaseDate 2011-03-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520241114

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	B01K0TH59O
ReleaseDate	2011-03-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520241114

Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition