Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art's Histories

Griselda Pollock

Routledge, 1999 - Art - 345 pages

In this book, art historian Griselda Pollock makes a compelling intervention into a debate at the very centre of feminist art history: should the traditional canon of the 'Old Masters' be rejected, replaced or reformed? What 'difference' can feminist 'interventions in art's histories' make? Should we simply reject the all-male succession of 'great artists' in favour of an all-woman litany of artistic heroines? Or should we displace present gender demarcations and allow the ambiguities and complexities of desire to shape our readings of art?

Bibliographic information

• Title: Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art's Histories; Re Visions : Critical Studies in the History and Theory of Art; Re visions
• Author: Griselda Pollock
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 0415066999, 9780415066990
• Length: 345 pages
• Subjects: Art / History / General