Rethinking Professionalism: Women and Art in Canada, 1850-1970 Volume 8 Tapa dura - 2012

Montreal, Quebec / Kingston, Ontario: Montreal, PQ / Kingston, ON: McGill Queen's University Press ( MQUP ), 2012, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2012. -----------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, looks new, 443 pages, colour and b&w photos and images throughout, ---"The history of women and art in Canada has often been celebrated as a story of progress from amateur to professional practice. Rethinking Professionalism challenges this narrative by questioning the assumptions that underlie the category of artistic professionalism, a construct as influential for artistic practice as it has been for art historical understanding. Through a series of in-depth studies, contributors examine changes to the infrastructure of the art world that resulted from a powerful discourse of professionalization that emerged in the late- nineteenth century. While many women embraced this new model, others fell by the wayside, barred… Leer más

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