{"product_id":"off-the-pedestal-new-women-in-the-art-of-homer-chase-and-sargeant-paperback-softback-9780813536972","title":"Off the Pedestal; New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargeant (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813536972","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOff the Pedestal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargeant\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHolly Pyne Connor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813536972\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 February 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 32 color and 46 black and whit\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm, 0.737 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePictures of women portrayed as professional, athletic, and intellectual seem common to us today, but until the late nineteenth century, such representations of strong, self-reliant women were virtually, if not completely, absent from the visual arts and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOff the Pedestal \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to explore the radical change that occurred in the representation of women immediately after the Civil War. Three critical essays draw on the visual culture of the period to show how postbellum social changes in the United States brought issues of subordination and autonomy to the surface for women in much the same way that it did for blacks. As women began attending college in greater numbers, entering professions previously dominated by men, and demanding greater personal freedom, these “new women” were featured more frequently in the visual arts and in a manner that made it clear that they had ambitions outside the domestic sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe complexity and pervasiveness of these women fascinated many of the most well known painters, illustrators, and writers of the time, including Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Charles Dana Gibson, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and William Dean Howells. The women represented in works by these and other artists reflected those who, in life, were becoming liberated from the confines of the home and the sole company of their husbands and children. They were portrayed reading books and newspapers, riding bicycles, hiking in the mountains, and working as professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe depiction of female self-reliance, however, was not uniform throughout all visual media. Although painters tended to portray these women positively, illustrators and photographers often vilified or satirized them. Among these negative stereotypes one could find the “manly” new woman-a contested figure whose appearance in journalism and elsewhere pointed to underlying social anxiety and demonstrated a widespread backlash against female empowerment. The medical community also condemned new women by arguing that females who studied or exercised vigorously would become sick, insane, or even sterile, thus threatening the welfare of the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing more than seventy color and black-and-white images, \u003ci\u003eOff the Pedestal\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and informative window into the ways that identities and attitudes are forged on the stage of visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Not at home: the nineteenth-century new woman\u003cbr\u003e Homer's ambiguously new women\u003cbr\u003e The manly new woman\u003cbr\u003e Photography credits\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the contributors\u003cbr\u003e List of lenders\u003cbr\u003e Trustees of the Newark Museum\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559284764952,"sku":"9780813536972","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/off-the-pedestal-new-women-in-the-art-of-homer-chase-and-sargeant-paperback-softback-9780813536972","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}