Our Hidden Heritage: Five Centuries of Women Artists

264 Pages·1974·24.327 MB·English

by  Eleanor Tufts

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unearths an unheralded legacy of
art treasures by women artists.
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artists are authoritatively
described by Eleanor Tufts.
These exciting portrayals provide
new insights into the Uves and
works, the frustrations and
successes ofthese talented women,
as well as into their relationships
with their contemporaries,
husbands, friends and families.
Over 125 full-page reproductions
oftheir works from major
collections throughout the world
demonstrate the variety and
enduring quality oftheir art. Their
lives and their work were as diverse
as their cultures and their times.
Sofonisba Anguissola was praised
by Michaelangelo; hevina Teerling
received higher stipends from King
Henry VIII than Holbein; Maria
Sibylla Merian was honored by
entymologists in tribute to her
botanical illustrations; Angelica
Kaujfmann was a friend ofGoethe
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ISBN 0-8467-0026-3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations vii Preface xv
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Author's Note and Acknowledgments xviii
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Sofonisba Anguissola 21 Lavinia Fontana 31
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Levina Teerling 43 • Catharina van Hemessen 5
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Artemisia Gentileschi 59 Judith Leyster 71
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EHsabetta Sirani 81 Maria Sibylla Merian 89
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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Rachel Ruysch 99 Rosalba Carriera 107
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Angelica Kauffmann 117 Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun 127
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THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Sarah Peale 139 Rosa Bonheur 147
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Edmonia Lewis 159 Suzanne Valadon 169
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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Kathe Kollwitz 179 Paula Modersohn-Becker 189
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Gwendolen John 199 Natalia Goncharova 21
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Germaine Richier 223 • I. Rice Pereira 233
Notes 243 Bibliography 247
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Index 252