Biography
Julia Dabbs is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota, Morris, USA.
'This publication makes usefully accessible a range of writing from Pliny to Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun about women as art makers.' Helen Hills, University of York, UK
’Since most of the artists have not appeared in previous publications, this anthology will make a good addition to any library reference section dealing with art history. However, because of the extensive comments and footnotes, scholars interested in tracing the changing or unchanging history of the role of women in society as a whole will also gain from this anthology. There is an extensive appendix, bibliography and index.’ Art Libraries Society of North America
'... a wonderful collection... The biographies included here are foundation texts for art history, yet the vast majority have, until now, only to be found in rare, difficult-to-find volumes, and precious few had been translated into English. It is only through Dabbs' scholarship that this inaccessibility has, thankfully, been addressed... what is particularly special about this book is that not only does it present biographies of well-known women artists such as Artemesia Gentileschi and Lavinia Fontana, but it also reclaims the more obscure names from history... What Dabbs' publication does so well is to tell the fascinating stories of women artists from the early modern period and, in so doing, she reminds us of the challenges that women faced then and now. It is a timely reminder, and excellent piece of scholarship, and it does its job brilliantly.' The Art Book
