Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology
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Summary
Why is everything that compromises greatness in art coded as 'feminine'？ Has the feminist critique of Art History history yet effected real change？ With a new preface by Griselda Pollock， this edition of a truly groundbreaking book offers a radical challenge to a women-free Art History。
Parker and Pollock's critique of Art History's sexism leads to expanded， inclusive readings of the art of the past。 They demonstrate how the changing historical social realities of gender relations and women artists' translation of gendered conditions into their works provide keys to novel understandings of why we might study the art of the past。 They go further to show how such knowledge enables us to understand art by contemporary artists who are women and can contribute to the changing self-perception and creative work of artists today。
In March 2020 Griselda Pollock was awarded the Holberg Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research and her influence on thinking on gender， ideology， art and visual culture worldwide for over 40 years。 Old Mistresses was her first major scholarly publication which has become a classic work of feminist art history。
Parker and Pollock's critique of Art History's sexism leads to expanded， inclusive readings of the art of the past。 They demonstrate how the changing historical social realities of gender relations and women artists' translation of gendered conditions into their works provide keys to novel understandings of why we might study the art of the past。 They go further to show how such knowledge enables us to understand art by contemporary artists who are women and can contribute to the changing self-perception and creative work of artists today。
In March 2020 Griselda Pollock was awarded the Holberg Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research and her influence on thinking on gender， ideology， art and visual culture worldwide for over 40 years。 Old Mistresses was her first major scholarly publication which has become a classic work of feminist art history。
Reviews
Alice
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Lecture nécessaire qui met à plat la question des femmes artistes et le danger des catégorisations。 Deconstruit efficacement l'appellation de femmes artistes et comment elle a évolué à travers le temps。 Conclusion limpide qui stipule que les artistes féminines ont toujours existé et ont toujours exercé， qu'il est erroné de dire que l'on doit re-découvrir des destins effacés。 Il faudrait plutôt dire que l'exercice des femmes artistes a toujours existé mais n'a pu s'effectuer que dans les limites Lecture nécessaire qui met à plat la question des femmes artistes et le danger des catégorisations。 Deconstruit efficacement l'appellation de femmes artistes et comment elle a évolué à travers le temps。 Conclusion limpide qui stipule que les artistes féminines ont toujours existé et ont toujours exercé， qu'il est erroné de dire que l'on doit re-découvrir des destins effacés。 Il faudrait plutôt dire que l'exercice des femmes artistes a toujours existé mais n'a pu s'effectuer que dans les limites et contraintes imposées par une structure patriarcale， point。 。。。more
T
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Important work and suggestion on how to think， write and analyse （women） artists and art history as an ideologically structured story。 But in this undertaking it obviously has many gaps - most of them are of an methodological or factual nature。 They serve important insights and fundamental assumptions and tell an important story with totally diffrent perspectives but miss to serve some kind of methodological tools and footnotes 。 But nevertheless this work is still one of the most important and Important work and suggestion on how to think， write and analyse （women） artists and art history as an ideologically structured story。 But in this undertaking it obviously has many gaps - most of them are of an methodological or factual nature。 They serve important insights and fundamental assumptions and tell an important story with totally diffrent perspectives but miss to serve some kind of methodological tools and footnotes 。 But nevertheless this work is still one of the most important and inspiring feminist writings about art history。 。。。more
Lessthanhalf
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Another OG text， this one from a little bit after Nochlin's seminal essay and， of course， influenced by it。 Griselda Pollock has written often on this subject and much of her other work is important also （particularly "Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity" on female Impressionists）。 Another OG text， this one from a little bit after Nochlin's seminal essay and， of course， influenced by it。 Griselda Pollock has written often on this subject and much of her other work is important also （particularly "Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity" on female Impressionists）。 。。。more
Luisa
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Very suitable to complement university studies。 Learned a lot about what is hidden behind pictures and what formed art practice for women through out art history and social developments。Especially remembering quotes of Van Gogh comparing artistic practice to spermatic emission and the reason why female genitals were not detailed in paintings。 Also liked the part about Maria Sybilla Merian and generally botanical painting。 All in all， it made me visualize how erverything is connected = meaning hi Very suitable to complement university studies。 Learned a lot about what is hidden behind pictures and what formed art practice for women through out art history and social developments。Especially remembering quotes of Van Gogh comparing artistic practice to spermatic emission and the reason why female genitals were not detailed in paintings。 Also liked the part about Maria Sybilla Merian and generally botanical painting。 All in all， it made me visualize how erverything is connected = meaning historical events， social progress and the way the female is looked at and looks at herself。 。。。more
Mills College Library
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700。82 P2429 2013
Tracy Gaughan
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Brilliant book！ Women produce art， men ignore them， art history is the poorer for it。
Esther
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First read this， oh my， 25 years ago。 Fall 1992 I'd just started University and British universities back then required one to really only study one subject。 Mine was history， but in your first year you were allowed to select a subsidiary subject to do just for one year。 You had a list of related disciplines to choose from and I selected History of Art。 Griselda Pollock was actually my first ever university lecture and scorched my brain with her clever rhetoric and wit。 More so than any hundreds First read this， oh my， 25 years ago。 Fall 1992 I'd just started University and British universities back then required one to really only study one subject。 Mine was history， but in your first year you were allowed to select a subsidiary subject to do just for one year。 You had a list of related disciplines to choose from and I selected History of Art。 Griselda Pollock was actually my first ever university lecture and scorched my brain with her clever rhetoric and wit。 More so than any hundreds of subsequent， tedious history lectures。 This book is still brilliant。 I wish I could go back in time and revisit those lectures。 。。。more
Korri
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Published in 1981， this feminist history of art explores art history， the scholarly discipline wrapped up in ideology that privileges men over women and certain types of creativity over others。 The text builds on the works that came before it。 Parker and Pollock do not seek to uncover the biographies of hidden women artists or to demonstrate an idea of women's progressive struggle against great odds to be accepted into the canon of art history。 Instead they are interested in how 'women have part Published in 1981， this feminist history of art explores art history， the scholarly discipline wrapped up in ideology that privileges men over women and certain types of creativity over others。 The text builds on the works that came before it。 Parker and Pollock do not seek to uncover the biographies of hidden women artists or to demonstrate an idea of women's progressive struggle against great odds to be accepted into the canon of art history。 Instead they are interested in how 'women have participated in the development of the language and codes of art， contributing to and at times opposing the meanings conveyed by the dominant styles and images。' （xix）The authors engage with the stereotypes associated with art made by women--it is feminine， delicate， painstaking， domestic amateur craft vs。 professional public art--within historical contexts to demonstrate how these meanings are culturally created and how women pushed against those boundaries or were constrained by them。 Their examples are full of fascinating art （reproduced in black and white） and tangents on social history: class status， new ideals of family， medieval guilds， etc。 Many of the debates around craft and some of the language used to describe art by women remain the same today， making this a useful and relevant reference。 。。。more
Frightful_elk
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