Eve's daughter/Modern woman : a mural by Mary Cassatt
by
Webster, Sally.
Title
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Eve's daughter/Modern woman : a mural by Mary Cassatt
Author
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Webster, Sally.
ISBN
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9780252029066
Personal Author
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Webster, Sally.
Publication Information
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2004.
Physical Description
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xiv, 155 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Contents
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Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The making of a modern artist -- Modern woman and the World's Columbian Exposition -- A transatlantic vision -- Critical reception and after life.
Abstract
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Often regarded as merely the creator of sentimental images of mothers and children or an expatriate heavily influenced by Impressionism, Mary Cassatt is not typically regarded as an artist of radical convictions. This text re-evaluates these dismissals and presents a complete overview of her mural.
Personal Subject
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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926. Modern woman.
Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926-Criticism and interpretation.
Subject Term
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Mural painting and decoration, American -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century.
Women in art.
Added Author
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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926.
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