Vision and Difference: Feminism, Femininity and Histories of Art
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (977 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 041530850X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Makes you think Geoff W. I had to read portions of this for an Anthropology class and from what I read I had to read the rest of it. Reading this book brings up many thoughts, not just about feminism or the feminist movement, but about society's habit of labeling people and groups of people in general. It's not a light read, but is worth it if you can finish it.. Same Book, Puffed-Up New Edition Theodore Greenwood Professor Pollack, a pioneer of feminist criticism and art history, has written a classic in Vision and Difference. This new edition has a cover with her surname in bold letters, Pollack, as if playing off her famous name. An unsturdy introduction adds a page to the length of the book.After careful study of both editions, one will find no textural additions to this edition.The title has been changed by juxtaposing words so that the first edition does not appear along side this version.The first edition is titled Vision and Difference: FEMININITY, FEMINISM and the Histories of Art. Two words have been switched.. If you are interested in Art History, this book If you are interested in Art History, this book is for you! It is a book that will give you a new perspective on the women in art history. Not for the casual reader.
'A classic text by one of the great pioneers of feminist criticism and art history' - Linda Nochlin, New York University, USA'A vital text for understnading the polemics of feminist art history, and its methods in practice' - Anthea Callen, University of Nottingham, UK
Griselda Pollock (1949-). Renowned art historian and critic, currently Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds
Pollock discusses the work of women artists such as Mary Kelly and Yve Lomax, highlighting the problems of working in a culture where the feminine is still defined as the object of the male gaze. Griselda Pollock provides concrete historical analyses of key moments in the formation of modern culture to reveal the sexual politics at the heart of modernist art. Crucially, she not only explores a feminist re-reading of the works of canonical male Impressionist and Pre-Raphaelite artists including Edgar Degas and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but also re-inserts into art history their female contemporaries - women artists such as Berthe Morisot