50 Women Artists You Should Know

This beautifully produced, richly detailed and comprehensive survey of fifty influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era details their vast contributions to the art world. From the Early Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and the seventeenth-century illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to Impressionists Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, and to modern icons such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O Keefe and Louise Bourgeois, the most important female artists are profiled in this book in chronologically arranged double-page spreads. For each artist there is a timeline highlighting significant events in her life; a succinct biography and information outlining her accomplishments and influence; additional resources to further study of the artist and, best of all, brilliant full-color reproductions of the artist s works. Packed with information, here is a stunning and absorbing book that clearly illustrates the remarkable artistic contributions of women throughout history.

About the author

Christiane Weidemann ist Kunsthistorikerin, freie Autorin und Lektorin.

Product details

• Authors: Melanie Klier, Stephanie Klier, Petra Larass, Christiane Weidemann
• Publisher: Prestel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2008
• EAN: 9783791339566
• ISBN: 978-3-7913-3956-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 660 g
• Illustrations: w. 200 col. ill.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Künstler, Künstlerin : Lexikon, Nachschlagewerk