Women and Art: Contested Territory
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0823058522 / Publisher: Watson-Guptill, September 1999
Presents commentaries on women artists and images of women in art from warrior women to goddesses, focusing mainly on contemporary works.
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Well-known feminist and artist Judy Chicago and the art historian Lucie-Smith explore many aspects of women and art in a dialogue that weaves around a broad selection of art both canonical and less well known. Lucie-Smith writes with his customary lucidity of the choices and contexts of the individual artists and works; Chicago provides an angry and personal counterpoint that remains true to the feminist viewpoint and its refusal to allow women to be used not as individuals but as objects. The volume is oversize (9.25x11.5
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