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None of the books that I read wholly within March were noteworthy, so the tagged book is one of the favorites I finished in March. I need to get a copy so I have a reference of artists that I want to treasure hunt in museums.

I did also greatly enjoy Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

Found many artists to research further. The methodology &structure of this book is very well done. The focus was on painters & sculptors, there were also notations for fiber art, photographers, performance art & more
The answer to The Story of Art by Ernst Gombrich (published in 1950, included no women until the 16th edition which added 1 woman) the intro might be a lil “Girl Power 101” feminism but the art, &stories behind the art, are still good

A great book and absolutely delightful reading experience - Katy Hessel starts from the top and tells the stories of the women who did and did not make the survey texts. It brought me back and inspired me to keep learning.

So now that I've read both the bloke and non-bloke versions, you'll be wanting to know who wore it best, right?

Well the art in this one is just as good as in The Story of Art, but I did sometimes find myself wishing for Gombrich's infectious storytelling whilst reading this excellent collection of art-thusiasm.

You can tell which eras Hessel is most interested in because then her writing gleams.

Another wonderful book about art ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally getting round to reading this which has been on my tbr for ages!
The audiobook is excellent and comes with a pdf so I can study the art while the book is being read to me 😊

#12Booksof2023 May

Female artists through the ages. A book I will consult in the future for references.

#bookmail

This is a must read for anyone interested in art and feminism. This will be my new reference work for all things art and art exhibitions.

2nd book finished for #20in4
@Andrew65
The first third of this book was also my #BookSpin this month @TheAromaofBooks

#BookReport

I finished both Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Story of Art without Men

I read both Spy x Family and Black Butterflies

I‘ve just started Love Marriage

#WeeklyForecast

For the next 3,5 months there‘ll be buss for metro on parts of my way to work. I‘m not sure how much this will effect my reading yet.

I hope to finish the tagged. I also want to finish HP and the Order of the Phoenix.

I hope to read Black Butterflies which is one of the shortlisted books from the Women‘s Prize I haven‘t read yet.

I also bought my first mangas ever this month and hope to read the first volume of SpyxFamily

“the Guerrilla Girls brought public attention to the inequalities and systematic discriminations in the art world, and ultimately asked just how did museums get away with celebrating the history of patriarchy instead of the history of art?”

“Revisiting the statistics in 2012, they found that little had improved: ‘Less than 4% of the artists in the Modern Art sections are women, but 76% of the nudes are female.‘”

#WeeklyForecast

It‘s amazing how fast time flies when you‘re in vacation mood and not doing anything 😊

So this week I want to continue my reading of The Story of Art without Men

I want to finish both Grand Hotel Europa and Stranger, Baby

I want to get a good start on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

#BookReport

I finished Birnam Wood

I continued my reading of The Story of Art without Men and there‘s so many artists I hope to see in exhibitions in the future.

I‘ve started both Stranger, Baby and Grand Hotel Europa.

‘I don‘t think there has ever been a man who treated a woman as an equal and that‘s all I would have asked for - I know I am worth as much as they‘ - Berthe Morisot, 1890

(The only female participant in the first 1874 Impressionist exhibition and she showed her work in 7 out of 8 exhibition last between 1874 and 1886. Missing one due to illness following giving birth to her daughter. This info is from the tagged book)

What does modern art mean, anyway? A break from the past, the eradication of hierarchies, lines shattered on a canvas, scenes of everyday subjects in modern society? Yes, you could say to all those things, but what makes modern art ‘modern‘, as art historian Diane Radycki argues, is the participation of women artists.

With its glittering surfaces and elegant figures The Opera of the Sea bears striking similarities with Klimt‘s famous The Kiss, 1907, made five years later. Klimt would have seen these works (Waerndorfer was a prominent collector of his) - and yet … has Macdonald Mackintosh‘s name ever been mentioned in reference to Klimt?

(p.99)

#WeeklyForecast

Continue my reading of The History of Art without Men

I‘ve just started Birnam Wood and want to read that.
I want to start Grand Hotel Europa

Hopefully, I will start on the poetry collection Stranger, Baby

#BookReport

I‘m reading my way through The History of Art, and am 100p in and already at the 20th century. Not sure how I feel about that, but not surprising that not much female art from before that is preserved.

I read Like.

#WeeklyForecast

Not that many books in my forecast this week, but they are books I‘ve started today

The History of Art without Men is a Christmas present that I want to take my time with.

Like is the last of Ali Smith‘s novels I have left to read, which is probably why it has been going back and forth to the library a few times. I wasn‘t sure what I wanted to read so a favorite author seemed safe.

Not sure what I‘ll read afterwards.

Can anyone name 5 female artists? (Discount yourself if it‘s your subject area or job!)
I shocked myself, how friggin sad is that. You will be able to do so after this.
At times just reaffirming history‘s continual erasing of women, it was also full of information and optimism for the future. A lot of detail and I‘ve no doubt I‘ll revisit. And target my gallery viewing.
Also a beautifully presented book ♥️

Praise indeed….(sarcasm emoji).

Having a quiet Sunday morning read with Doggo before anyone else gets up ♥️
This book is awesome.

#motherdaughterread
Mines on the right whilst I wait for her to finish the one on the left!
@julesG - yellow NF 😁

Yellow Ted has been helping me round up some yellow books for #TBRtarot

Some of these are arguably orange. A few of them are definitely orange. And yet, so many choices 💛🧡💛🧡💛

I shouldn't be, but still I continue to be surprised by how little I know about art revealed by this book: one artist after another for me to discover.

From an image on Tate's website https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/dora-maar

'Of course the women were important, but it was because they were our muses. They weren't artists' so claimed Roland Penrose...to legendary feminist Whitney Chadwick... When Chadwick later asked artist Leonora Carrington for her thoughts on the Surrealist muse, she replied, 'I thought it was bullshit. I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.'

💪💪💪Leonora Carrington.

Latest additions to my shelves... ?

I am using the word "shelves" metaphorically. I ran out of shelf space a long time ago.

Bauhaus "...women were mostly shut away in the weaving and bookbinding workshops. "

Dipping in and out of this one. Kollwitz's art is amazing, so beautiful (and sad, of course).

Bologna was unique in championing the professions of women [1400s-1600s]. The home of Europe's oldest university, which had supported female students since the thirteenth century, the city considered women artists as integral to its development....they were also supported by patrons of all social classes....Women were also encouraged to sign their work... 👏👏🤯

Been waiting for this one...