«Russian empress Catherine the Great and her women artists: a complex tale of gender, art and patronage
Engaging, accessible and beautifully illustrated book provides a welcome and stimulating contribution to scholarship on 18th-century art». Veja aqui.
Excerto: «(...) Commonplace misogyny
A significant aspect of the book is its exploration of the challenges and risks that such women artists faced in pursuing their careers. Even those who succeeded in establishing themselves as professionals experienced the effects of commonplace misogyny that imposed restrictions on them, such as with the form and genre of work considered appropriate for them to pursue or in their recognition and inclusion by leading art institutions. The problematic attitude of Diderot—a leading art critic and an aforementioned source for Catherine—towards Therbusch when she was in Paris provides an illustrative example. Yet the book also examines the innovative ways in which women artists approached and dealt with these challenges, for example by subtly and skilfully subverting established artistic tropes or by demonstrating excellence in a form like engraving or turning, commonly thought unsuitable for women. (...)».
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