Women’s Studies Archive
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Expressive Women: Interview with Gwen F. Chanzit by David Ebony
Posted on June 30, 2016David Ebony– When first published in an ArtNews article in 1971, the provocative question proposed by critic and art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” […] -
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“Mannequin Parade”—The First Fashion Models
Posted on August 23, 2013Today the idea of fashion modeling is a part the general cultural consciousness, with many famous icons and a reality television show. In the early 1900s, however, it was a […] -
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The First Modern Woman Artist: Paula Modersohn-Becker
Posted on June 21, 2013Caroline Hayes— Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) was a groundbreaking painter whose often-overlooked place in modernism forces us to reconsider our understanding of art in the early twentieth century. Modersohn-Becker was the […] -
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Lest We Forget: The 1980s As They Would Have Seemed
Posted on September 24, 2012Sarah Underwood— Growing up in the 1990s, I had conflicting, and generally superficial, views of the 1980s. Either I was proud to be “from” the previous decade – I […] -
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100 Shoes Fashion Week Giveaway Contest
Posted on September 8, 2011Following last year’s publication of 100 Dresses, the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will soon publish 100 Shoes, an exclusive look at one hundred fabulous shoes from […] -
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Sarah Scherf on 100 Dresses for Books & Culture
Posted on April 18, 2011For the first time, Books & Culture has a video accompanying a review; that of Sarah Scherf on Harold Koda’s 100 Dresses from the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum […]