women in art

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Women of the word

art and story
1989
Each woman of scripture that Sleevi paints finds her voice in the vibrant colors and musical words that come from deep within a contemporary woman of the Word.

The dinner party

from creation to preservation
2007
A collection of artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago that honors the achievements of over 1,000 women throughout history.

Mary Cassatt

reflections of women's lives
1998
Uses the paintings, prints, and pastels created by Mary Cassatt to profile the solitary, social, public, and intimate worlds of the women in her family and social circle.

Embroidering our heritage

the dinner party needlework
1980

DC Comics covergirls

2007
Contains cover art and discussion of the evolution of female comic book characters since 1942, including Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Batgirl, Supergirl, and many others.

Female action figures

2006
Shows how to draw manga-style female action figures, presenting step-by-step sketches and instructions and covering proportions, movement, and various points of view.

In quiet light

poems on Vermeer's women
2000
Presents twenty paintings--mostly of women--by seventeenth-century Dutch artist Jan Vermeer along with poems inspired by them, composed by American writer Marilyn Chandler McEntyre.

Harem

the world behind the veil
1989

Women, a pictorial archive from nineteenth-century sources

488 copyright-free illustrations for artists and designers
1982
Presents nearly 490 copyright-free woodcut illustrations of women from nineteenth-century publications, including women at work and play, women as wives and homemakers, women from distant places and times, and "unearthly" women such as goddesses, mermaids, and angels.

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