Making Her Mark

Alexa Greist

ISBN 10: 1773103180 / ISBN 13: 9781773103181

Published by Goose Lane Editions, CA, 2023

About this Item

Winner, Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement (Research) Winner, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender Collaborative Project Award Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated) Silver Medal Winner, IPPY Award (Fine Arts) Honorable Mention, George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Gathering together just over 250 objects, including paintings, prints, scientific illustrations, textiles, sculpture, metalwork and furniture, Making Her Mark illuminates the astonishing diversity and breadth of women's contributions to art of the pre-modern era (c. 1400-1800). In this important re-examination of early modern European art, an international team of scholars and curators assess the critical concepts that have shaped Western culture's understanding of what constitutes great art. In its recalibration of gender imbalances, this impressive volume offers an alternative view of the history of European art and sheds light on the collaborative nature of the creation of individual works and the interconnected histories of literature, politics, religion, science, and economics. Ambitious in its scope, Making Her Mark is a bold corrective to the historical assumption that female artists of the past were rare and that their work was unremarkable. The result is a dynamic introduction to scores of women artists whose names are entirely new and a long-overdue reassessment of the art, culture, and history of early modern Europe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Her Mark
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, CA
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773103180
• ISBN 13: 9781773103181
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1701 grams

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Synopsis

Winner, Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement (Research)
Winner, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender Collaborative Project Award
Second Prize Winner, Alcuin Society Book Design Awards (Prose Illustrated)
Silver Medal Winner, IPPY Award (Fine Arts)
Honorable Mention, George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award

Gathering together just over 250 objects, including paintings, prints, scientific illustrations, textiles, sculpture, metalwork and furniture, Making Her Mark illuminates the astonishing diversity and breadth of women's contributions to art of the pre-modern era (c. 1400– 1800).

In this important re-examination of early modern European art, an international team of scholars and curators assess the critical concepts that have shaped Western culture’ s understanding of what constitutes great art. In its recalibration of gender imbalances, this impressive volume offers an alternative view of the history of European art and sheds light on the collaborative nature of the creation of individual works and the interconnected histories of literature, politics, religion, science, and economics.

Ambitious in its scope, Making Her Mark is a bold corrective to the historical assumption that female artists of the past were rare and that their work was unremarkable. The result is a dynamic introduction to scores of women artists whose names are entirely new and a long-overdue reassessment of the art, culture, and history of early modern Europe.

About the Author

Andaleeb Badiee Banta is a specialist in Renaissance and Baroque art of Europe, with a focus on old master works on paper and has had over?20 years of experience working in art museums and galleries. She is the co-author of Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt’ s Etchings and editor of The Enduring Legacy of Venetian Renaissance Art.