The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women's Self Portraits

by Jennifer Higgie

Book Overview

A dazzlingly original and ambitious book on the history of female self-portraiture by one of today's most well-respected art critics.

Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Lo?s Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639362932
• ISBN13: 9781639362936
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"