The Imaginary Orient

by Linda Nochlin

25 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1989

About the author

Linda Nochlin was an American art historian, university professor and writer. A prominent feminist art historian, she was best known as a proponent of the question "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?", in an essay of the same name published in 1971.

Her critical attention has been drawn to investigating the ways in which gender affects the creation and apprehension of art, as evidenced by her 1994 essay "Issues of Gender in Cassatt and Eakins". Besides feminist art history, she was best known for her work on Realism, specifically on Gustave Courbet. Complementing her career as an academic, she served on the Art Advisory Council of the International Foundation for Art Research. In 2006, Nochlin received a Visionary Woman Award] from Moore College of Art & Design.

Reviews

[Nele Steyaert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for people interested in art and art history! Wonderful foundation for my thesis

[tabitha · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love everything that nochlin writes. her mind is unmatched fr... i fear she may be replacing griselda pollock as my favourite art historian

[lulu · Rating 4 out of 5]

another great piece by nochlin, i love reading her work