Women Artists

Author: Frigeri, Flavia

History of art / art & design styles

Published on 28 March 2019 by Thames & Hudson Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Art Essentials' series.

Paperback | 176 pages, 80 Illustrations, colour
143 x 216 x 13 | 420g

Focusing on fifty diverse women artists, from Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi through Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta and the Guerrilla Girls to Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Louise Bourgeois, this book equips the reader with a general understanding of the history of art by women, as well as an appreciation of its most outstanding figures. Traditionally women have been among arts favoured objects of representation, while their contributions as art producers have been subordinated to those of men. This book documents women artists in context to offer readers an accessible but rich understanding of key female artists from the Baroque to the present day.