| Description |
xii, 310 pages, 11 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction. Women Art Collectors -- 1. The Politics of Cultural Space in Antebellum America -- 2. A Conspiracy of Silence -- 3. Art and Activism -- 4. The Gendering of the Modern Museum -- 5. The Sexing of Taste -- Epilogue: Modernist Nostalgia |
| Summary |
"This book offers the first feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. Dianne Sachko Macleod brings a surprising paradox to light, showing that collecting, which provided wealthy women with a private sense of solace, also liberated them to venture into the public sphere and make a lasting contribution to the emerging American culture. Beginning in the antebellum period, continuing through the Gilded Age, and reaching well into the twentieth century, Macleod shows how elite women enlisted the objets d'art and avant-garde paintings in their collections in causes ranging from the founding of modern museums to the campaign for women's suffrage."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint"--Ser. t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-283) and index |
| Subject |
Women art collectors -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Women art collectors -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Getty Foundation.
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| LC no. |
2008010425 |
| ISBN |
9780520237292 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520237293 cloth alkaline paper |
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