1. Women & Art

2. Hatshepsut Commissioned Mortuary Temple First recorded great female ruler Portrayed herself As man pharaoh c. 1450 BCE

3. Theodora Wife and and empress of Justinian Portrayed leading a procession and equal to her husband (San Vitale, Ravenna) Byzantine c. 550 CE

4. Hildegarde of Bingen (artist) Illustrator of Illuminated manuscripts, composer of music, visionary, theologian, German nun, died 1179 Fig. 17-35 Vision of Hildegarde of Bingen, c.1100 CE

5. Isabella D’Este (patron) MOST important female patron of the Renaissance – supported painters like Titian, Raphael, DaVinci Fig 22-39 Portrait by Titian 1534-1536

6. Sofonisba Anguissola (artist) Fig. 22-46 Considered to be first Italian woman “art celebrity” Studied under Michelangelo Court painter to Phillip II of Spain Mannerist painter Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters And Brothers, c.1555

7. Caterina Van Hemessen (artist) Fig 23-19 Flemish artist Painted FIRST known N. European self-portrait by a woman

8. Artemisia Gentileschi (artist) Baroque painter and follower of Caravaggio Best known for her versions of Judith Slaying Holofernes. Chiaroscuro = drama Fig. 24-21 Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1620

9. Marie de’Medici (patron) Commissioned Rubens to paint series of 21 HUGE paintings glorifying her! Wife of Henry IV, first of the Bourbon Kings 24-36 RUBENS, Arrival of Marie de Medici 1622-1625

10. Judith Leyster (artist) Dutch Baroque painter Thriving career as Portrait painter -- Also painted still lifes & genre scenes popular in Holland died. 1660 24-39 Leyster, Self-portrait 1630

11. Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun (artist) Famous for her portraits of Marie Antoinette Very successful Financially independent One of few women admitted to Royal Academy Marie Antoinette, 1783 Fig 28-13, Self Portrait, 1970

12. Angelica Kauffmann - Artist Neoclassical painter Lived 1741- 1807 Trained in Italy, worked in England Founding member of British Royal Academy of Arts 28-20= A Model of Virtue Fig 28-20 Cornelia Presenting Her Children As Her Treasures, 1785

13. Edmonia Lewis (artist) Neoclassical sculptor African-American Went to Oberlin College Traveled to Italy This work made 4 yrs After Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation= Abolitionist statement Fig 28-33 Forever Free, 1867

14. Julia Margaret Cameron (artist) Prominent portrait photographer in England, 1860s & 70s Photos are usually slightly blurred for dramatic effect. Often dressed sitters As literary subjects Fig 28-67, Cameron, Ophelia, 1867

15. Rosa Bonheur (artist) 1822-1899 Most celebrated female artist of the 19 th century! A Realist well known for paintings of animals Described as a “naturalist” Fig. 29-10 The Horse Fair 1852

16. Berthe Morisot 1841-1895 Impressionist painter Exhibited with Impressionists Used swift, sketchy brushstrokes Married to Manet’s brother and sometimes posed for Manet. 29-28 Villa at the Seaside, 1874

17. Mary Cassatt (artist) 1844-1926 American Impressionist painter Influenced by Degas and Japanese woodblock prints Japonisme Known for her portraits of mothers with children Fig 29-31 The Bath, 1892

18. Gertrude Stein (patron) Famous patron of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant-garde artists living in Paris during the early 1900’s and 1920’s Fig 33-8 Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1907

19. Kathe Kollwitz - Artist 1867-1945 German Expressionist Known for very powerful depictions of grief/loss Printmaker (woodcut, etching, lithography) Fig 33-41 Woman with Dead Child, 1903, etching

20. Georgia O’Keefe 1887- 1986 Many styles Affiliated with Precisionism in 1920s Known for abstract depictions of flowers, skulls, bones, landscape Fig Intro #4 Jack-in-the-Pulpit, No. 4, 1930

21. Meret Oppenheim - Artist 1913-1985 Swiss Surrealist While having tea with Picasso, Oppenheim ordered her tea with a “little more fur” since it had grown cold! Anthropomorphic quality 33-48 Object, 1936

22. Frida Kahlo - Artist 1907-1954 Mexican portraitist Labeled as a Surrealist Known for her symbolic self- portraits Married to Diego Riviera (a muralist) Self-portrait, 1940 Fig 33-49 The Two Fridas, 1939

23. Barbara Hepworth - Artist 1898-1986 English Minimalist Sculpture attempts to represent the essence of things Loved nature and organic forms 33-70 Oval Sculpture No. 2, 1943 Plaster cast

24. Dorothea Lange-Artist 1895-1965 Photographer known for documentation of the Great Depression of U. S. 1930s Mississippi Delta Children, 1939 Fig 33-75 Migrant Mother, 1935

25. Helen Frankenthaler –Artist b. 1928 Post-painterly Abstractionist OR Color Field painter Large works where paint is poured onto unprimed canvas Like Color Field but more spontaneous Bay Side, 1967, acrylic on canvas

26. Maya Lin- artist/architect b. 1960 Minimalist sculptor Works with land forms & nature Fig 34-16 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington D. C.1983 Black granite

27. Louise Nevelson- Artist/sculptor 1899- 1988 American Sculptor Known for her assemblages – artworks created from existing objects- Architectural feel Sky Cathedral, 1958 Fig. 34-17, Tropical Garden II, 1959, wood painted black

28. Judy Chicago – artist b. 1939 Aimed to estab respect for women in history Most famous for The Dinner Party that hosts 39 honored guests w 999 names on tiles Ea place setting unique Fig 34-59, The Dinner Party 1979, multimedia, incl ceramics And sewing

29. Miriam Shapiro –artist b.1923 Maker of femmages collage by women Sought to bring attention to beauty of materials Used hidden metaphors Fig. 34-60 Anatomy of a Kimono (section) 1976, fabric+acrylic on canvas

30. Cindy Sherman -Artist b.1954 Explores how images of women construct Reality Often dresses herself as characters Fig 34-61 Untitled Film Still #35 Photograph, 1979

31. Barbara Kruger b. 1945 Explored “male gaze” Worked to undermine Myths about women Used text, graphics Fig. 34-62 Untitled (Your Gaze Hits the Side of My Face), 1981 Photograph w red frame

32. Magdalena Abakanowicz b.1930 Polish born fiber artist Installations Performance artist Deals with themes Of alienation Fig 34-73 Backs, 1982 Fibers molded

33. Guerrilla Girls Call attention to injustice in art world Sexist, racist themes Public demonstrations Protect identities w Gorilla masks Fig 34-85, 1988, Poster