Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition

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This handsomely illustrated book is a welcome addition to the history of women all through The usa’s Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neo-classical Woman’s Building on the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating up to date woman’s progress in education, arts, and sciences. Taking a look closely on the paintings and sculptures women artists made to embellish the structure, including the work of art by Mary Cassatt and Mary MacMonnies, Corn uncovers an unspoken but consensual program to visualise a history of the female sex and promote an expansion of up to date woman’s opportunities. Beautifully written, with informative sidebars by Annelise K. Madsen and artist biographies by Charlene G. Garfinkle, this volume illuminates the originality of the public images female artists created in 1893 and inserts them into the complex discourse of fin de siècle woman’s politics. The Woman’s Building offered female artists an unprecedented opportunity to create public art and consider an historical narrative that put women somewhat than men at its center.
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