Broad Strokes, Bridget Quinn
Broad Strokes, Bridget Quinn
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Broad Strokes
15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)

Author: Bridget Quinn

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Historically, major women artists have been excluded from the mainstream art canon. Aligned with the resurgence of feminism in pop culture, Broad Strokes offers an entertaining corrective to that omission. Art historian Bridget Quinn delves into the lives and careers of fifteen brilliant female artists in this smart, feisty, educational, and enjoyable book.Replete with beautiful reproductions of the artists’ works and contemporary portraits of each artist by renowned illustrator Lisa Congdon, this is art history from 1600 to the present day for the modern art lover, reader, and feminist.

About Bridget Quinn

Bridget Quinn is a writer, art history scholar, and educator. She has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and taught art history and architecture at Portland State University, the San Francisco Waldorf High School, and other institutions. A grateful denizen of that lively creative incubator, the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, she is also a contributor and advisory board member for Narrative magazine. Her work has been a finalist for the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction and has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her personal essay “At Swim, Two Girls” was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2013.

About Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon is an artist and writer based in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of several books, including A Glorious Freedom and Whatever You Are, Be a Good One.

About Tavia Gilbert

Tavia Gilbert is an acclaimed narrator of more than four hundred full-cast and multivoice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the industry. Named the 2018 Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, she is also winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She has earned numerous Earphones Awards, a Voice Arts Award, and a Listen-Up Award. Audible.com has named her a Genre-Defining Narrator: Master of Memoir. In addition to voice acting, she is an accomplished producer, singer, and theater actor. She is also a producer, singer, photographer, and a writer, as well as the cofounder of a feminist publishing company, Animal Mineral.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena

Excellent book to acknowledge great women who created art despite prohibition and lived despite society contempt. It will be interesting even for those who knows nothing about the art (like I do) and for those who understand the importance of throwing light on women's contribution.......more

Goodreads review by Olha

Чому мені ніхто не сказав, що ця книжка НАСТІЛЬКИ цікава? ⠀ «Неймовірні» Бріджит Квінн якось з Києва полетіла зі мною до Аризони, потім повернулася назад до Києва, я забрала її до Дрездена і лише цього місяця нарешті прочитала. Мене дійсно лякало, що це буде нонфікшн, читання якого розтягнеться на дов......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa

Completely engrossing, deeply moving and inspiring. I learned so much and yet it never felt didactic. It's the kind of book where you want to run out and grab your friend and ask, "Did you know....?!?! Can you believe that....?!?" It's the kind of book that makes you want to go to a museum, a galler......more

Goodreads review by Ksenia (vaenn)

Не минуло і півроку (oh wait...), як Ксеня зібралася розповідати про "Неймовірних"! А розповідати є про що, адже це видання увійшло до списку найголовніших книжок мого читацького-2018. Якщо коротко, це збірка міні-біографій 15 художниць різних епох, написаних мистецтвознавицею Бріджит Квінн та стиль......more

Quotes

“Your Art History 101 syllabus just got a lot more fun.” O, The Oprah Magazine

“A terrific essay collection with quick and pithy profiles of famous and not-famous women artists…Spunky, attitudinal, smart writing, excellent color reproductions.” NPR

“Can you name five women artists? That question, which launched a recent social media campaign, receives a beautiful answer in art historian Quinn and illustrator-writer Congdon’s accessible and intimate tour of fifteen female artists from the seventeenth century to the present.” Library Journal

“In her entertaining and accessible debut, Quinn mixes biography, art history, and women’s studies…Quinn skillfully examines the lives of an eclectic group of artists and the treatment of their work over time, mixing in comments from art historians and her own personal anecdotes…The color reproductions add to this book’s appeal, giving readers a chance to appreciate the artists’ work as well as Quinn’s upbeat writing.” Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book
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