Painting the Difference
Subtitle: Sex and Spectator in Modern Art
Edition: Reprint edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780226317984
Subjects: History - General; Art / History / General; General; Art; Art & Art Instruction; 19th century; Gender identity in art; Painting, Modern; Sex role in art; Themes, motives
Description: Arguing that the representation of women in art was crucial to the character of modernity, the author traces the history of female subjects as they began to gaze out of the picture to confront and engage their viewers.