The Guerrilla Girls Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art Pdf Download

"The famous query by feminine artist and art historians goes, 'Why oasis�t there been more than great women artists throughout western history?' The Guerilla Girls desire to restate the question: 'Why haven�t more women been considered not bad artists throughout western history?'"

The Guerrilla Girls Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art is chock full of witty insights, stories behind the stories, and relevant facts near women artists of days gone by. Cleaved down into chapters according artistic eras (Classical, Center Ages, the Renaissance, etc.), this book chronicles the continuing plight for recognition of women through the history of fine art all the style to the twentieth century.

While this book is broadly based on feministic theory, it is interesting enough to appeal to all fine art history buffs � men and women alike.

And the Guerrilla Girls are not merely blowing fume, either. Sprinkled throughout the text are supporting quotes, insights and bodily records from observers and artists alike, plus a heaping-helping of "altered" fine art works from history that accept mysteriously had gorilla masks added to them � a trademark of the Guerrilla Girls.

The Guerrilla Girls, who several years ago anonymously published Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls, which exposed bigotry in the fine art world, are back at information technology. Smattering the pages are numerous pithy, pop-art fashion posters and graphics with their own minute captions, like: "Why did then few art historians mention me in their survey books?" (Artemisia Gentileschi) or "Why is the museum of Modern Art more interested in African Art than in art by African-Americans?" (Alma Thomas).

Quotes abound in this slim yet comprehensive tutorial. The Guerrilla Girls chose wisely among their references, highlighting bigotry, sexism and beliefs as they pertained to the discussed era. The supporting information is woven seamlessly into context, and the volume on the whole is a compelling read.

There is a several-pages-long section on the rape of Artemisia Gentileschi and the subsequent trial of her attacker (who was also her father�south apprentice), with quotes from actual trial documents in 1612, which is quite interesting. Every bit is the Guerrilla Girls take on why Tintoretto all of a sudden stopped producing works of fine art after the sudden death of his girl, Maria Robusti, in 1590. The Ladies don Gorilla masks and proclaim that, "Since the works of Tintoretto and Robusti are duplicate, and he signed them all, we don�t think he lost his will (to paint), nosotros remember he lost his secret weapon! (Robusti, an exceptional painter herself)."

Personally, I was moved while reading this book � sometimes fifty-fifty outraged at how an artist was treated (or ignored) only on the basis of her sexual practice. What is worse, though, is that many men from history would publically proclaim women artists inferior, then go abode and steal their daughters' paintings, sign their own manly names, and take all the praise for being such a great "master" artist. Truly disgusting.

I started this book thinking, "Oh, I promise I can get past all this feminist chanting and enjoy the history within the pages." (Yes, I am a woman!) But I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the book � feminism and all. In fact, radical viewpoints oftentimes don�t feel equally "preachy" when it is so obvious that they have very firm ground to stand on.

One particular affiche reproduction that graces the back comprehend is of a nude, reclining woman who is wearing the trademark gorilla mask. Abreast her in assuming print is the question, "Practise women have to be naked to go into the Met. Museum?" and smaller print below that states, "Less than 5% of artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, merely 85% of the nudes are female person." Enough said.

I recommend this volume to anyone who likes to read the "other side" of history � the events niggling-known and talked about � as well as for anyone remotely interested in uncovering the great women artists from Western history. Enjoy!

© 2004 by Karen Pruitt Fowler for Curled Up With a Good Volume

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