Exceptional woman, the: elisabeth vigee-lebrun and the cultural politics of art
Auteur :
Sheriff, Mary D.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226752822
Date de publication :
24 oct. 1997
Dimensions :
2,4 x 1,7 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
624 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A court-painter to Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of the "hidden feminist heritage". This text uses her career to explore the position of "woman-artist" in the moral, philosophical, professional and medical debates about women in 18th-century France.