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OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent

OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent

OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent

OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent

by Connor, Holly Pyne (editor)

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0813536979
ISBN 13
9780813536972
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Rutgers University Press. Very Good+. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 0813536979 . Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and tight, no markings. Cover has light scuffing and slight edgewear. Beautifully illustrated in colour and b/w. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages; Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature. Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three critical essays draw on the visual culture of the period to show how the collapse of slavery in the United States brought issues of subordination and autonomy to the surface for women in much the same way that it did for blacks. As women began attending college in greater numbers, entering professions previously dominated by men, and demanding greater personal freedom, these "new women" were featured more frequently in the visual arts and in a manner that made it clear that they had ambitions outside the domestic sphere. The complexity and pervasiveness of these women fascinated many of the most well known painters, illustrators, and writers of the time, including Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Charles Dana Gibson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and William Dean Howells. The women represented in works by these and other artists reflected those who, in life, were becoming liberated from the confines of the home and the sole company of their husbands and children. They were portrayed riding bicycles, hiking in the mountains, reading books and newspapers, and working as professionals. The depiction of female self-reliance, however, was not uniform throughout all visual media. Although painters and authors tended to portray these women positively, illustrators and photographers often vilified or satirized them. Among these negative stereotypes one could find the "manly" new woman-a contested figure whose appearance in journalism and elsewhere pointed to underlying social anxiety and demonstrated a widespread backlash against female empowerment. The medical community also condemned new women by arguing that females who studied or exercised vigorously would become sick, insane, or even sterile, thus threatening the welfare of the country. Featuring more than seventy color and black-and-white images, Off the Pedestal is an engaging and informative window into the ways that identities and attitudes are forged on the stage of visual culture. The book will accompany the traveling exhibition of the same name, which will open at the Newark Museum in the spring of 2006. (775) .

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Title
OFF THE PEDESTAL New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent
Author
Connor, Holly Pyne (editor)
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0813536979
ISBN 13
9780813536972
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Place of Publication
New Brunswick, Nj
Date Published
2006
Keywords
0813536979, Fine Arts, Women In Art, Civil War Art
Bookseller catalogs
Arts - Fine Arts; Art History; Social Sciences - Women's Studies;

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