Title Women building history : public art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition / Wanda M. Corn ; with contributions by Charlene G. Garfinkle and Annelise K. Madsen

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents The fair : The mural movement in Paris -- The woman's building : The Women's Pavilion at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition ; Achievements in paint, lace, and numbers ; Women speak out ; The college girl ; The impressionists as antimuralists ; Writing "herstory" -- The murals : The new girl and the new woman ; The skirt dance ; The feminization of the banjo ; Other decorations in the woman's building -- The criticism : The fate of the mural decorations Summary History of women during America's Gilded Age. Wanda M. Corn takes as her topic the grand neoclassical Woman's Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a structure celebrating modern woman's progress in education, arts, and sciences Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Woman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.) SUBJECT Woman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.) fast Woman's Building (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.) nli Subject Women in art. Sex role in art. Mural painting and decoration -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century -- Themes, motives Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Themes, motives Women artists. ART -- American -- General. Buildings Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Themes, motives Mural painting and decoration -- Themes, motives Sex role in art Women artists Women in art Women in art. Sex role in art. Mural painting and decoration -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century. Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. Women artists. SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject Illinois -- Chicago Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Garfinkle, Charlene G Madsen, Annelise K ISBN 9780520947467 0520947460

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