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OverviewFair Women was the Victorian equivalent of a ‘blockbuster’ exhibition. Organised by a committee of women, it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Galleries in London, and was comprised of both historical and contemporary portraits of women as well as decorative objects. Meaghan Clarke argues that the exhibition challenged contemporary assumptions about the representation of women and the superficiality of female collectors. The Fair Women phenomenon complicated gender stereotypes and foregrounded women as cultural arbiters. This book uncovers a wide range of texts and images to reveal that Fair Women brought together fashion, modernity and gender politics in new and surprising ways. It shows that, while invariably absent in institutional histories, women were vital to the development of the modern blockbuster exhibition. This book will be of interest to scholars in art and gender studies, museum studies, feminist art history, women artists and art history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Meaghan Clarke (University of Sussex)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780367502751ISBN 10: 0367502755 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 19 December 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart I The Exhibition; 1. Exhibiting Fair Women; 2. ‘Feminine weapons’: Women, Collecting and Connoisseurship; Part II Modern Fair Women; 3. Performing the Modern Woman: Actresses, Celebrity Culture and Exhibitions; 4. (Re)envisioning New Women: Eveleen Myers and Gertrude Campbell; Part III Fair Women Redux; 5. Re-inventing Fair Women: Women, Exhibitions and Art Writing; 6. International Fair Women; EpilogueReviewsA timely and substantial exploration of the display of fashion and the decorative arts in modern exhibition culture. - Lara Perry, University of Brighton Author InformationMeaghan Clarke is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Sussex, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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