Author: Paula E. Calvin
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786486759
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
For generations, men have left their homes and families to defend their country while their wives, mothers and daughters remained safely at home, outwardly unaffected. A closer examination reveals that women have always been directly impacted by war. In the last few years, they have actively participated on the front lines. This book tells the story of the women who documented the impact of war on their lives through their art. It includes works by professional artists and photographers, combat artists, ordinary women who documented their military experiences, and women who worked in a variety of types of needlework. Taken together, these images explore the female consciousness in wartime.
American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776Ð2010
Author: Paula E. Calvin
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786486759
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
For generations, men have left their homes and families to defend their country while their wives, mothers and daughters remained safely at home, outwardly unaffected. A closer examination reveals that women have always been directly impacted by war. In the last few years, they have actively participated on the front lines. This book tells the story of the women who documented the impact of war on their lives through their art. It includes works by professional artists and photographers, combat artists, ordinary women who documented their military experiences, and women who worked in a variety of types of needlework. Taken together, these images explore the female consciousness in wartime.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786486759
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
For generations, men have left their homes and families to defend their country while their wives, mothers and daughters remained safely at home, outwardly unaffected. A closer examination reveals that women have always been directly impacted by war. In the last few years, they have actively participated on the front lines. This book tells the story of the women who documented the impact of war on their lives through their art. It includes works by professional artists and photographers, combat artists, ordinary women who documented their military experiences, and women who worked in a variety of types of needlework. Taken together, these images explore the female consciousness in wartime.
Beyond Rosie the Riveter
Author: Donna B. Knaff
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619666
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The iconic bicep-flexing poster image of "Rosie the Riveter" has long conveyed the impression that women were welcomed into the World War II work force and admired for helping "free a man to fight." Donna Knaff, however, shows that "Rosie" only revealed part of the reality and that women depicted in other World War II visual art-both in the private sector and the military-reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women within American society. Beyond Rosie the Riveter takes readers back to a time before television's dominance, to the golden age of print art and its singular power over public opinion. Focusing specifically on instances of "female masculinity" when women entered previously all-male fields, Knaff places these images within the context of popular discussions of gender roles and examines their historical, cultural, and textual contexts. As Knaff reveals, visual messages received by women through war posters, magazine cartoons, comic strips, and ads may have acknowledged their importance to the war effort but also cautioned them against taking too many liberties or losing their femininity. Her study examines the subtle and not-so subtle cultural battles that played out in these popular images, opening a new window on American women's experience. Some images implicitly argued that women should maintain their femininity despite adopting masculinity for the war effort; others dealt with society's deep-seated fear that masculinized women might feminize men; and many reflected the dilemma that a woman was both encouraged to express and suppress her sexuality so that she might be perceived as neither promiscuous nor lesbian. From these cases, Knaff draws a common theme: while being outwardly empowered or celebrated for their wartime contributions, women were kept in check by being held responsible for everything from distracting male co-workers to compromising machinery with their long hair and jewelry. Knaff also notes the subtle distinctions among the images: government war posters targeted blue-collar women, New Yorker content was aimed at socialites, Collier's addressed middle-class women, and Wonder Woman was geared to young girls. Especially through its focus on visual arts, Knaff's book gives us a new look at American society decades before the modern women's rights movement, torn between wartime needs and antiquated gender roles. It provides much-needed nuance to a glossed-over chapter in our history, charting the difficult negotiations that granted-and ultimately took back-American women's wartime freedoms.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700619666
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The iconic bicep-flexing poster image of "Rosie the Riveter" has long conveyed the impression that women were welcomed into the World War II work force and admired for helping "free a man to fight." Donna Knaff, however, shows that "Rosie" only revealed part of the reality and that women depicted in other World War II visual art-both in the private sector and the military-reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women within American society. Beyond Rosie the Riveter takes readers back to a time before television's dominance, to the golden age of print art and its singular power over public opinion. Focusing specifically on instances of "female masculinity" when women entered previously all-male fields, Knaff places these images within the context of popular discussions of gender roles and examines their historical, cultural, and textual contexts. As Knaff reveals, visual messages received by women through war posters, magazine cartoons, comic strips, and ads may have acknowledged their importance to the war effort but also cautioned them against taking too many liberties or losing their femininity. Her study examines the subtle and not-so subtle cultural battles that played out in these popular images, opening a new window on American women's experience. Some images implicitly argued that women should maintain their femininity despite adopting masculinity for the war effort; others dealt with society's deep-seated fear that masculinized women might feminize men; and many reflected the dilemma that a woman was both encouraged to express and suppress her sexuality so that she might be perceived as neither promiscuous nor lesbian. From these cases, Knaff draws a common theme: while being outwardly empowered or celebrated for their wartime contributions, women were kept in check by being held responsible for everything from distracting male co-workers to compromising machinery with their long hair and jewelry. Knaff also notes the subtle distinctions among the images: government war posters targeted blue-collar women, New Yorker content was aimed at socialites, Collier's addressed middle-class women, and Wonder Woman was geared to young girls. Especially through its focus on visual arts, Knaff's book gives us a new look at American society decades before the modern women's rights movement, torn between wartime needs and antiquated gender roles. It provides much-needed nuance to a glossed-over chapter in our history, charting the difficult negotiations that granted-and ultimately took back-American women's wartime freedoms.
American Women Artists, 1830-1930
Author: Eleanor Tufts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Originals
Author: Eleanor C. Munro
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
American women artists, past and present
Author: Eleanor Tufts
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Languages : en
Pages : 340
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American Women Painters of the 1930s and 1940s
Author: Robert Henkes
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Studie over 10 vrouwelijke kunstenaressen: hun creatieve ontwikkeling gedurende de crisis in de dertiger jaren en de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Studie over 10 vrouwelijke kunstenaressen: hun creatieve ontwikkeling gedurende de crisis in de dertiger jaren en de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Triumphant Lives
Author: Hawthorne Fine Art (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Painting, American
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Painting, American
Languages : en
Pages :
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American women artists
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Pages :
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Women Artists in America
Author: J. L. Collins
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Women Artists in America
Author: Glenn B. Opitz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938290117
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780938290117
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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