Book Description: Victorian Art Criticism and the Woman Writer by John Paul M. Kanwit examines the development of specialized art commentary in a period when art education became a national concern in ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.– In the wake of Women’s History Month, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History showcased its newest exhibit, Drawn by a Lady: Early Women Illustrators. This exhibit ...

"This volume of essays grew out of ... events held in Cambridge in June 1991 to commemorate the centenary of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1827-91 : a retrospective exhibition of her work ... held at ...

Dante Alighieri’s long-time courtly love interest and spiritual guide throughout The Divine Comedy, Beatrice Portinari, has shaped visual representations of female dignity for centuries. Yet, since ...

"This exhibition has been selected and researched, and the catalogue written by, Deborah Cherry." Exhibition at Rochdale Art Gallery; Camden Arts Centre; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; and Southampton ...

“Don’t forget to speak scornfully of the Victorian Age, there will be time for meekness when you try to better it.” With that challenging epigraph borrowed from James M. (Peter Pan) Barrie, a ...