1st Edition

Critical Voices Women and Art Criticism in Britain 1880-1905

By Meaghan Clarke Copyright 2005
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

Critical Voices is a fascinating account of women writing about art in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. Meaghan Clarke employs extensive original research in order to demonstrate the significant contribution made by women to the art world and draws on a diversity of sources, including diaries, letters and periodicals, to highlight the many different forms their criticism took.... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Art criticism: professional patterns and opportunities; 'Art Critic' I never called myself: re-visiting the 'Angel in the House'; 'There is no sex in art': art and feminism; New woman, new criticism; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Meaghan Clarke