Women in the Picture

''Incisive and provocative ... a sensitive and probing critique'' The New York Times''Essential reading ... gripping, inspirational, beautifully written and highly thought-provoking'' Dr Helen G¿rrill, author of Women Can''t PaintA bold reconsideration of women in art - from the ''Old Masters'' to the posts of Instagram influencersA perfect pin-up, a damsel in distress, a saintly mother, a femme fatale ...Women''s identity has long been stifled by a limited set of archetypes, found everywhere in pictures from art history''s classics to advertising, while women artists have been overlooked and held back from shaping more empowering roles.In this impassioned book, art historian Catherine McCormack asks us to look again at what these images have told us to value, opening up our most loved images - from those of Titian and Botticelli to Picasso and the Pre-Raphaelites. She also shows us how women artists - from Berthe Morisot to Beyonc¿Judy Chicago to Kara Walker - have offered us new ways