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Berthe Morisot's Images of Women by Anne Higonnet; Berthe Morisot is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Berthe Morisot's Images of Women about?

Berthe Morisot Takes Her Place Today As A Founder Of Impressionism And A Leader In Women's History. Like Her Colleagues - Cassatt, Degas, Monet, And Renoir - Morisot Sought To Represent The Experience Of Modern Life, A Project That For Her Entailed Rethinking What It Meant To Be A Woman In The Nineteenth Century. Through Close Attention To The Artist's Work And Its Context, Anne Higonnet Shows How Morisot Transformed Her Femininity And Its Visual Culture Into. Impressionist Paintings. Higonnet Presents A Clear Picture Of Visual Traditions That, Though Very Much A Part Of Morisot's World And Work, Figure Only Marginally In Art History. Amateur Picture Making, For Instance, Was Enormously Popular Among Nineteenth-century Women. Higonnet Locates Morisot's Origins In This Private Practice, Then Traces Her Reactions To An Industrialized Feminine Imagery Characterized By Consumption And Dominated By The Fashion Plate. This. Discussion Provides A Background And Context For Morisot's Imagery, But Also Helps To Explain The Look Of Her Pictures. Focusing On Formal Choices - Poses, Props, Composition, And Especially Brushwork - Higonnet Compares Morisot's Images Of Women With Those Of Cassatt

Author

Anne Higonnet; Berthe Morisot

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674067981

Subjects

Art, Arts