Women Illustrators of the Golden Age (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486472523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Well worth the price!" according to Dachsielover. Although I collect illustrated children's books, many of these female artists I had not heard of. This book contains the standard ones by Jesse Wilcox Smith, Beatrix Potter, and Kate Greenaway, but here are the names of the other ones: Florence Harrison (awesome preRaphaelite pictures!), Helen Stratton, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie Marion King, Elenore Plaisted Abbott, Mabel Attwell, Ida Outhwaite, Ruth Mary Hallock, Henriette Willebeek Le Mair, Margaret Tarrant, Margaret Evans Price, Anne Anderson, Clara Burd, Blanche Fisher Wright, Dorothy Lathrop, Lois Lenski, Virginia Sterrett, Eulalie Bachman, and Fern Bisel Peat. You won't. Eugene Loucks said Great book!. My daughter is an artist and she really liked the book. She said it had useful information on the illustrators and detailed illustrations.. Women Illustrators of the Golden Age (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) Jan Karasinski I bought it for my daughter - it was on her Amazon wish list. She loved it. It was illustrated beautifully.
Successful competition in a world dominated by male artists, however, called for determination as well as talent. At the turn of the twentieth century, the demand for magazine and book illustrations was at an all-time high, offering women artists an unprecedented number of professional opportunities. This compilation celebrates the accomplishments of twenty-two female illustrators, including Elenore Abbott, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Ruth Mary Hallock, Jessie Marion King, Dorothy Lathrop, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Margaret Winifred Tarrant, and others.. Every well-bred girl was schooled in the arts of sketching and drawing, and by working at home, a woman's modesty could remain uncompromised. This unique anthology features 120 color and black-and-white artworks by the Golden Age of Illustration's finest female illustrators, including Beatrix Potter