"Fair Women was an early example of a Victorian 'blockbuster' exhibition. Organised by a committee of women, it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Galleries in London, and comprised both historical and contemporary portraits of women as well as decorative objects. Meaghan Clarke a...

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1. Verfasser:	Clarke, Meaghan (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Schriftenreihe:	Histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950
Schlagworte:	Grafton Galleries > London Geschichte 1890-1910 Frau > Motiv Ausstellung Geschlechterpolitik Frauenbild Kunst Großbritannien Fair women (Exhibition) / (1894 : Grafton Galleries) Feminism and art Exhibitions / Social aspects
Zusammenfassung:	"Fair Women was an early example of a Victorian 'blockbuster' exhibition. Organised by a committee of women, it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Galleries in London, and comprised both historical and contemporary portraits of women as well as decorative objects. Meaghan Clarke argues that the exhibition challenged contemporary assumptions about the representation of women and the superficiality of female collectors. The Fair Women phenomenon complicated gender stereotypes and foregrounded women as cultural arbiters. This book uncovers a wide range of texts and images to reveal that Fair Women brought together fashion, modernity and gender politics in new and surprising ways. It shows that, while invariably absent in institutional histories, women were vital to the development of the modern blockbuster exhibition. This book will be of interest to scholars in art and gender studies, museum studies, feminist art history, women artists, and art history"--
Beschreibung:	xix, 199 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781138493568