Mary Garrard
Mary Garrard is an American art historian. An emerita professor at American University, she is considered "one of the founders of feminist art theory"[1] and particularly known for her work on the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.[2]
Education and career
Garrard received her BA from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (1958), her MA from Harvard University (1960), and her PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
With Norma Broude, she edited a number of books on art history, and curated an exposition (Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators, 2007) at the Katzen Arts Center.[3]
Selected publications
- Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton, Princeton UP: 1989; ISBN 9780691002859)[2]
With Norma Broude
- Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany (Harper & Row: 1982; ISBN 9780064301176)
- The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History (IconEditions: 1992; ISBN 9780064302074)
- The Power of Feminist Art (Harry N. Abrams: 1996; ISBN 9780810926592)[4]
- Reclaiming Female Agency: Feminist Art History after Postmodernism (Oakland: U of California P: 2005; ISBN 9780520242524)
- Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators (Washington, American University: 2007)[3]
References
- ↑ Gopnik, Blake (5 October 2008). "Expanded Text of Mary Garrard Interview". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pollock, Griselda (1990). "Rev. of Garrard, Artemisia Gentileschi". The Art Bulletin 72 (3): 499–505.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dawson, Jessica (18 November 2007). "AU Museum Gives Women's Work the 'Space' It Deserves". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Pollack, Barbara (22 September 2007). "Free Radicals". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
External links
- Mary Garrard at American University
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