This pioneering book stands as the most comprehensive treatment of the lives, ideas and art works of the remarkable group of women who were an essential part of the Surrealist movement... Zobraziť viac
A beautifully written and elegantly constructed narrative that explores the intense, complex and far-reaching female friendships among the Surrealists during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious... Zobraziť viac
Whitney Chadwick's acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule, who 'transcended' their sex to produce major works of art. While acknowledging the many women whose contribution to visual culture since... Zobraziť viac
The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical, and literary backgrounds were often... Zobraziť viac