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Eve's Daughter/Modern Woman
Sally Webster
其他書名
A Mural by Mary Cassatt
出版University of Illinois Press, 2004
主題Architecture / Individual Architects & Firms / GeneralArt / Criticism & TheoryArt / History / GeneralArt / Individual Artists / MonographsArt / Techniques / PaintingArt / Subjects & Themes / Human FigureArt / Women ArtistsBiography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, PhotographersDesign / Decorative ArtsHistory / United States / 19th CenturyPhotography / Individual Photographers / GeneralSocial Science / Women's Studies
ISBN02520290629780252029066
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bbgtgq3BeYIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The only book-length study that examines the symbolism of Cassatt's 1893 mural, Modern Woman, which was commissioned for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Often regarded as merely the creator of sentimental images of mothers and children or an expatriate heavily influenced by Impressionism, Mary Cassatt is not typically regarded as an artist of radical convictions. with a historical, aesthetic, and symbolist analysis of Cassatt's unique venture into the male-dominated realm of large-scale mural painting, Modern Woman . Commissioned for the Woman's Building at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Modern Woman also stood as a personal and professional manifesto. This book undertakes a complete overview of Cassatt's mural, synthesizing a wide variety of interpretations and original observations to present the first complete treatment of the work. Webster connects the symbolism of the painting to Cassatt's life as a woman artist and a member of the Parislan avant-garde, and to the history of woman's emancipation. She ends with a detective story as she joins the hunt to unravel the mystery of the now-missing mural, last known to be in the possession of Mrs. Potter Palmer (of Chicago's Palmer House family).