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Title:
Women in art : 50 fearless creatives who inspired the world
ISBN:
9780399580437
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Timeline -- Guan Daosheng (1262-1319) -- Christine de Pizan (1364-1430) -- Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) -- Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) -- Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) -- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) -- Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) -- Harriet Powers (1837-1910) -- Mary Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907) -- Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) -- Nampeyo (1859-1942) -- Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) -- Elements and Principles of Art and Design -- Jeanne Paquin (1869-1936) -- Julia Morgan (1872-1957) -- Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) -- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) -- Hannah Höch (1889-1978) -- Alma Thomas (1891-1978) -- Augusta Savage (1892-1962) -- Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) -- Dorothy Liebes (1897-1972) -- Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) -- Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) -- Statistics in Art -- Belle Kogan (1902-2000) -- Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903-1993) -- Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998) -- Lee Miller (1907-1977) -- Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) -- Cipe Pineles (1908-1991) -- Mary Blair (1911-1978) -- Thelma Johnson Streat (1911-1959) -- Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) -- Ray Eames (1912-1988) -- Méret Oppenheim (1913-1985) -- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) -- Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) -- Art Tools -- Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) -- Norma Sklarek (1926-2012) -- Yayoi Kusama (1929- ) -- Faith Ringgold (1930- ) -- Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935-2009) -- Wendy Carlos (1939- ) -- Paula Scher (1948- ) -- Hung Liu (1948- ) -- Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) -- Chakaia Booker (1953- ) -- Kazuyo Sejima (1956- ) -- Shirin Neshat (1957- ) -- Sokari Douglas Camp (1958- ) -- Maya Lin (1959- ) -- More Women in Art -- Conclusion -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index
Reading Level:
1070 L Lexile
Summary:
"Illustrated profiles of 50 pioneering female artists--from the 11th century to today--from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science."--
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