Women Artists: An Illustrated History

by Nancy G. Heller

Overview

Firmly established as one of the premier histories of women in the fine arts, Nancy G. Heller's Women Artists returns in an expanded fourth edition.

With coverage of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, nearly half the volume is now devoted to the remarkable period from 1960 to the present, when women artists emerged as the most dynamic force in contemporary art. New to this edition are innovative contemporary American artists, such as Janine Antoni and Renee Cox, as well as major international figures, including Iran's Shirin Neshat, Shahzia Sikander from Pakistan, and the Icelandic sculptor and performance artist Katrin Sigurdardottir. As in past editions, all the artists' works are represented in large-format color reproductions, and the artists' careers are examined in concise critical biographies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780789207685
Publisher:	Abbeville Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Nancy G. Heller is an art historian, writer, and lecturer on the arts who has presented numerous talks on women artists at various museums, colleges, and other institutions. Her books include Women Artists: Selections from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art. Since 1984 Heller has been an avid student, critic, and teacher of Spanish dance.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Renaissance
2. The Seventeenth Century
3. The Eighteenth Century
4. The Nineteenth Century
5. The Early Twentieth Century
6. Mid-Century to the Mid-1980s
7. The Late 1980s to the 1990s
8. The New Century
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Editorial Reviews

"An attractive, even tempered survey of American and European women artists from the Renaissance to the present."

|Los Angeles Times

"The last twenty years of scholarship have brought many forgotten women artists to attention, but too often their presentation has been marred by anachronistic feminist rhetoric. Nancy G. Heller's lucid, evenhanded Women Artists is a noteworthy exception."

The Washington Post

Praise for: Women Artists

"The last 20 years of scholarship have brought many forgotten women artists to attention, but too often their presentation has been marred by anachronistic feminist rhetoric. Nancy G. Hellers lucid, evenhanded Women Artists is a noteworthy exception." — The Washington Post

"Anyone just now waking up to the fact that women have been missing from written art history would do well to begin with this attractive, even-tempered survey of American and European women artists from the Renaissance to the present." — Los Angeles Times

From the Publisher

An "attractive, even tempered survey of American and European women artists from the Renaissance to the present."

Los Angeles Times

The last 20 years of scholarship have brought many forgotten women artists to attention, but too often their presentation has been marred by anachronistic feminist rhetoric. Nancy G. Heller's lucid, evenhanded Women Artists is a noteworthy exception.
— Washington Post

Camille Paglia