{"product_id":"women-in-the-picture-women-art-and-the-power-of-looking","title":"Women in the Picture : Women, Art and the Power of Looking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bold reconsideration of women in art - from the 'Old Masters' to the posts of Instagram influencers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA perfect pin-up, a damsel in distress, a saintly mother, a femme fatale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWomen's identity has long been stifled by a limited set of archetypes, found everywhere in pictures from art history's classics to advertising, while women artists have been overlooked and held back from shaping more empowering roles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In this impassioned book, art historian Catherine McCormack asks us to look again at what these images have told us to value, opening up our most loved images - from those of Titian and Botticelli to Picasso and the Pre-Raphaelites. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe also shows us how women artists - from Berthe Morisot to Beyonce, Judy Chicago to Kara Walker - have offered us new ways of thinking about women's identity, sexuality, race and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen in the Picture\u003c\/em\u003e gives us new ways of seeing the art of the past and the familiar images of today so that we might free women from these restrictive roles and embrace the breadth of women's vision. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catherine McCormack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42557300211969,"sku":"9781785786952","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-708.png?v=1708776824","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/women-in-the-picture-women-art-and-the-power-of-looking","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}