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A World of Our Own
Here is an inspirational account of the way in which women have succeeded and prospered as professional artists from 1500 to the present day. This story has often been told as a catalogue of thwarted ambitions, but A World of Our Own gives an entirely new perspective in its portrayal of women artists as the tenacious survivors they truly were. Frances Borzello takes the difficulties they encountered for granted and shows, through their own lives and in their own words and work, how they found a training, earned a living and actually practised their art.
Beginning with Sofonisba Anguissola and Lavinia Fontana in the 16th century, and culminating in such contemporary figures as Mona Hatoum and Jenny Saville, Borzello leads us on a fascinating journey, reconstructing the changing world of the woman artist as social attitudes evolved.
ISBN 050023776x
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