Central to their lives : Southern women artists in the Johnson Collection /

"In Central to Their Lives, twenty-six noted art historians offer scholarly insight into the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South. Spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s, this volume examines the complex challenges these artists faced...

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Corporate Author: Johnson Collection (Spartanburg, S.C.) (Author)
Other Authors: Blackman, Lynne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2018
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; CENTRAL TO THEIR LIVES; Title; Copyright; Contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; EDITORIAL NOTE; "THE PEDESTAL HAS CRASHED": ISSUES FACING WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE SOUTH; SISTERHOODS OF SPIRIT: SOUTHERN WOMEN'S CLUBS AND EXPOSITIONS; SUFFRAGE, SOCIAL ACTIVISM, AND WOMEN ARTISTS OF THE SOUTH; "OF THE SOUTH, FOR THE SOUTH AND BY THE SOUTH": THE SOUTHERN STATES ART LEAGUE; "CONTRARY INSTINCTS": ART HISTORY'S GENDERED COLOR LINE; EYES WIDE OPEN: MODERNIST WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE SOUTH; THE WORKS OF ART; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DIRECTORY OF SOUTHERN WOMEN ARTISTS; NOTES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.