Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargeant by Editor-Holly Pyne Connor - 2006-02-07

Rutgers University Press, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Rutgers University Press, 2006. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Rutgers University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Rutgers University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Rutgers University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Rutgers University Press. Very Good+. 2006. First Edition. Softcover. 0813536979 . Ex-library book, but still in great condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Pages clean and tight, no markings. Cover has light scuffing and slight edgewear. Beautifully illustrated in colour and b/w. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages; Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature. Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three critical essays draw on the visual culture of the period to show how the collapse of slavery in the United States brought issues of subordination and autonomy to the surface for women in much the same way that it did for blacks. As… Read More

Rutgers Univ Pr. Used - Very Good. Off the Pedestal

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2006, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8x0x11. 4to. xv, 158 pp. b/w and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing and shelf-wear. Near Fine.

Newark: The Newark Museum 978-0-813-536-972 [978-0-813-536-972] 2006. (4to paperback) 158pp. Near fine. Black and white and color illustrations, photographs, notes, credits, index. "Pictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature. Off the Pedestal is the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War". Book about Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Charles Dana Gibson, Winslow Homer, William Dean Howells, Henry James, John Singer Sargent, Self-Reliance & Edith Wharton. Time Period 19th Century. (Art, Art, Feminism, Painting, Portraits, Women, Women's Studies).

Paperback / softback. New. With illustrations, this book explores the radical change that occured in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three essays draw on the visual culture of the period to show how the collapse of slavery in the US brought issues of subordination and autonomy to the surface for women in the same way that it did for blacks.