University of Minnesota
Women
and Art
Marie-Denise Villers
(previously Constance Charpentier, and before that
Jacques-Louis David)
Woman Drawing [possible self-portrait?], c.1801,
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ARTH
3281
Prof. Julia Dabbs
Office:
HFA 5
Office Hours: M/W: 3:30-4:30; T/TH: 11:45-12:45; or by appt.
[fall term 2016]
Email:
dabbsj@morris.umn.edu
“One would find any number of superior women throughout the
world
if one took the
trouble to look for them.”
-
Christine de Pizan,
from Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, 1405
This seminar will provide an historical survey of the role of women as creators and patrons of the visual arts in Western European and American societies, from antiquity to the present. Artists to be studied include Artemisia Gentileschi, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Judy Chicago, and Faith Ringgold.
Course
Syllabus & Class Outline (revised/updated)
Image
Preview/Review List for Exam #3
Annotated
Bibliography handout (required for those doing presentations)