Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe

by Melissa Hyde

The eighteenth century is recognized as a complex period of dramatic epistemic shifts that would have profound effects on the modern world. Paradoxically, the art of the era continues to be a relatively neglected field within art history. While women's private lives, their involvement with cultural production, the project of Enlightenment, and the public sphere have been the subjects of ground-breaking historical and literary studies in recent decades,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754607100
• ISBN13: 9780754607106
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"