The dinner party
Subtitle: restoring women to history
By: Judy Chicago ; foreword by Arnold L. Lehman ; essays by Judy Chicago, Frances Borzello, and Jane F. Gerhard
Contributors: Borzello, Frances, author; Gerhard, Jane F., author
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781580933896
Subjects: Women in art; Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art; Installations (Art); Biography; Women
Description: "The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago's feminist art masterpiece ... and an introduction to outstanding women in history. Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party is a defining work of feminist and contemporary art that brought women's history to light on the national stage when it was completed in 1979. Published to coincide with Chicago's 75th birthday and a nationwide series of events and exhibitions, the book features newly commissioned photography and two new essays by Chicago, along with essays by art historian Fraces Borzello and historian Jane Gerhard, and a foreword from museum director Arnold Lehman"--Publisher's website.
Notes: The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago's feminist art masterpiece, The Dinner Party installation at the Brooklyn Museum [Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art], and an introduction to outstanding women in history. It is a defining work of feminist and contemporary art that brought women's history to light on the national stage when it was completed in 1979. Published to coincide with Chicago's 75th birthday and a nationwide series of events and exhibitions, the book features newly commissioned photography and two new essays by the author, along with essays by art historian Fraces Borzello and historian Jane Gerhard, and a foreword from museum director Arnold Lehman. -- Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Brooklyn Museum and the Dinner Party / Arnold L. Lehman; title: Restoring women to history / Judy Chicago; title: From Judy Chicago to Judy Chicago / Judy Chicago; title: An art history sit-in: The Dinner Party in its artistic context / Frances Borzello; title: From controversy to canonization: The Dinner Party's journey to Brooklyn / Jane F. Gerhard.