Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters And Their Work - Softcover
If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting-Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Köllwitz-and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.
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About the Author:
Germaine Greer is the author of The Female Eunuch, The Change and most recently The Whole Woman, all worldwide bestsellers. She is a renowned academic and cultural commentator.
Review:
...a book that explains...the psychological, economic and even aesthetic reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all our artistic establishments. --Erica Jong
It is everything we might have wished: passionate yet lucid, clear yet complex, deeply researched yet not pedantic. It is a book that explains, better than any I have ever read, the psychological, economic and even aesthetic reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all our artistic establishments. Erica Jong
--Erica Jong
It is everything we might have wished: passionate yet lucid, clear yet complex, deeply researched yet not pedantic. It is a book that explains, better than any I have ever read, the psychological, economic and even aesthetic reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all our artistic establishments. Erica Jong
--Erica Jong
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- PublisherDiane Pub Co
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0756791146
- ISBN 13 9780756791148
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages373
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