{"product_id":"forgotten-women-the-artists","title":"Forgotten Women: The Artists","description":"'To say this series is \"empowering\" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for  your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you  buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - Independent\n\n\nThe women who shaped and were erased from our history.\n\nForgotten Women is a new series of books that uncover the lost  herstories of influential women who have refused over hundreds of years  to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed,  shaped and changed the course of our futures.The Artists brings together the stories of 48* brilliant woman artists who made huge  yet unacknowledged contributions to the history of art, including Camille Claudel, the extraordinarily talented sculptor who was always unfairly overshadowed by her lover, Rodin; Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, who has been claimed as the true originator of Marcel Duchamp's Fountain; and Ana Mendieta, the Cuban refugee who approached violence against women through her performance art before her own untimely death. \n\n\n\nWith chapters ranging from Figurative to Photography, and Craft to Conceptual, this is an alternative guide to art history that demonstrates the broad range of artistic movements that included, and were often pioneered by, female artists who have been largely overlooked.*The number of Nobel-prize-winning women.","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"New - Hardback","offer_id":32688203333717,"sku":"9781788400176N","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/9781788400176.jpg?v=1598904046","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/forgotten-women-the-artists","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}