Feminist Art History-A Literature Review This article aims to explore the works of some famous feminist art historians such as Linda Nochlin, Norma Broude, Griselda Pollock and Rozsika Parker, who focused their literature on women's art and art history from the 19th to the 20th century. Broude states that feminist students of art history are convinced that they must rewrite art (Broude & Garrard 1982, 183). However, Broude and Garrard challenge this assumption by asking “what and how” feminist students of art history would undertake to achieve the task of rewriting art, and what led to this idea of rewriting art history and what they intend to achieve by rewriting the history of art (Broude & Garrard 1982, 183). The idea of rewriting art history can be gleaned from Pollock and Parker's accounts that there have been variations in affiliation and that they are a product of social structures (Pollock & Parker 2013, 3). Therefore, to highlight these differences, art history must be renewed. Feminist inquiry into art history began in 1971 with Linda Nochlin's article “Why There Have Been No Great Women Artists” (Peterson & Mathew 1987, 325). To answer your question, he emphasizes that “art is not a free and autonomous activity of a super-gifted individual, influenced by previous arts or social factors, but rather art is an integral element of the structure and is determined by social institutions specifics such as artistic academics, patrons, patriarchal culture, or the myth of the divine creator” (Peterson & Matthew 1987, 325), meaning that art is not for everyone who feels they are talented enough to handle manipulative brushstrokes. However...... middle of paper....... London: Chatto & Windus in association with Channel Four Television Co., 1987.Nochlin, Linda. Women, art and power: and other essays. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Parker, Rozsika, and Griselda Pollock. Old lovers, art and ideology. New ed. London: IB Tauris, 2013.Peterson. G, Talia and Ptricia Mathew .T. "Feminist criticism of art history". Art Bulletin 69 (1987): 326-357. Pollock, Griselda. Vision and difference: femininity, feminism and art histories. London: Routledge, 1988. Raven, Arlene. Crossing over: feminism and art of social interest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1988.Reckitt, Helena. Art and feminism. London: Phaidon, 2001. Robinson, Hilary. Visibly Feminine: Feminism and Art: An Anthology. New York: Universe Books, 1988. Robinson, Hilary. Feminism-art theory: an anthology, 1968-2000. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
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