Decorative images of American women : the aristocratic aesthetic of the late nineteenth century

Author

Van Hook, Bailey

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Smithsonian studies in American art. 1990, Num. 1, Vol. 4, p. 44-69, 18 ill. (5 col.)

ISSN

0890-4901

Abstract (en)

Studies the significance of the iconography of women in late 19th c. American decorative painting. Suggests that the female form served as the primary language of decorative figural art because of the identification of women with leisure and detachment, indicating both the idealization of women and their social marginalization. Examples include works of Dewing, Whistler, and Sargent.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Painting
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Iconography
• Women
• Leisure
• Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938
• Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Society

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Iconographie
• Femmes
• Loisirs
• Dewing, Thomas Wilmer, 1851-1938
• Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
• Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
• Société

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428743

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