{"product_id":"at-home-in-the-studio-the-professionalization-of-women-artists-in-america-9780674004863","title":"At Home in the Studio The Professionalization of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis engaging cultural history examines the emergence of a professional identity for American women artists. By focusing on individual sculptors, painters, and illustrators, Prieto gives us a compelling picture of the prospects and constraints faced by women artists in the United States from the late eighteenth century through the 1930s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrieto reconstructs a substantial chronology for women artists in the US...Two tendencies that wax and wane over a century are traced: the drive to be an artist and the desire to be a woman, both providing a basis for professionalization...[Prieto] demonstrates an ability to read works of art, interweaving their visual narratives into the context of women's artistic development. Highly recommended. -- E. K. Menon * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations   Acknowledgments    Introduction   1. Peculiarly Fitted to Art   2. Domesticating Professional Art   3. Figures and Fig Leaves   4. Sculpting Butter: Gender Separatism and the Professional Ideal   5. Portrait of the Artist as a New Woman   6. Making the Modern Woman Artist    Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359086051671,"sku":"9780674004863","price":65.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674004863.jpg?v=1754123523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-home-in-the-studio-the-professionalization-of-women-artists-in-america-9780674004863","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}