Women in the Nineteenth-Century Art World: Schools of Art and Design for Women in London and Philadelphia

by F. Graeme Chalmers

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A historical perspective on current issues, such as gender and class, is applied to art education and rendered through the study of two specific institutions, the Female School of Design in London and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Sweeping generalizations are avoided as women's history, intertwined with men's, unfolds in two cities on opposite continents. Women's struggles against male domination and prejudice to define for themselves...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0313306044

ISBN13:9780313306044

Release Date:July 1998

Publisher:Praeger

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

Art Art History Arts, Music & Photography Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions England Europe Gender Studies History & Criticism Humanities Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Themes Women in Art Women's Studies

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