Women Artists: An Illustrated HistoryStrikingly beautiful and a pleasure to read, Women Artists surveys female painters and sculptors from the Renaissance to the present, illuminating both the obstacles the artists encountered and the contributions they made. 179 illustrations, 132 in full color. |
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PREFACE 7 | |
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 29 | |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 53 | |
Copyright | |
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