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The Story of Art without Men

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How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?

Discover the glittering Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century USA and the artist who really invented the Readymade. Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of post-War artists in Latin America and the women artists defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before.

© Katy Hessel 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

Katy Hessel is a brilliant chronicler of the overlooked. I am so thrilled this book exists as an empowering, enlightening guide to the unforgettable vision of these brilliant artists. Essential reading
Elizabeth Day
An inspiring, beautifully written corrective
Observer
Will change the history of art... thank God.
Tracey Emin
Excellent, authoritative, exuberant and elegantly written
Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR
I was not aware how hungry I was for this book until I dropped everything and ate it from cover to cover. I was not aware how angry I was that this book did not exist until it existed. It's an urgently needed, un-put-downable, joyful, insightful, glorious, perspective-shifting revision of the Story of Art.
Es Devlin
A book for every aspiring art historian - whatever their sex
The Times
A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the brilliant Katy Hessel ... Never stuffy or supercilious, Hessel's book is a revelation and an important first step towards redressing the balance of an art world in which women have been sidelined, stepped over and trampled upon for far too long
Refinery29
An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and help deter­mine the landscape for years to come.
Harper's Bazaar
Well-researched and enlightening
Daily Express
Unapologetically revisionist
Financial Times
Author Katy Hessel
Narrator Katy Hessel
Duration 11 hours and 3 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529152203
Format Audiobook
Publisher Cornerstone
Genre Gender studies: women and girls, History of art
Availability AU, GB, IE

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