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The Story of Art without Men
- Author
- Katy Hessel
- Narrator
- Katy Hessel
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publish Date
- 8 September 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?
Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA and the artist who really invented the Readymade. Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of post-War artists in Latin America and the women artists defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before.
© Katy Hessel 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
Critics Review
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Katy Hessel is a brilliant chronicler of the overlooked. I am so thrilled this book exists as an empowering, enlightening guide to the unforgettable vision of these brilliant artists. Essential reading
Elizabeth Day
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An inspiring, beautifully written corrective
Observer
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Will change the history of art... thank God.
Tracey Emin
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Excellent, authoritative, exuberant and elegantly written
Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR
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I was not aware how hungry I was for this book until I dropped everything and ate it from cover to cover. I was not aware how angry I was that this book did not exist until it existed. It's an urgently needed, un-put-downable, joyful, insightful, glorious, perspective-shifting revision of the Story of Art.
Es Devlin
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A book for every aspiring art historian - whatever their sex
The Times
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A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel ... Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing the balance of an art world in which women have been sidelined, stepped over and trampled upon for far too long
Refinery29
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An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and help determine the landscape for years to come.
Harper's Bazaar
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Well-researched and enlightening
Daily Express
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Unapologetically revisionist
Financial Times
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Details
- Author
- Katy Hessel
- Narrator
- Katy Hessel
- Duration
- 11 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529152203
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Genre
- History of art, Gender studies: women and girls
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA and the artist who really invented the Readymade. Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of post-War artists in Latin America and the women artists defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before.© Katy Hessel 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
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