Title A sisterhood of sculptors : American artists in nineteenth-century Rome / Melissa Dabakis

Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The Boston-Rome nexus -- Neoclassicism in cosmopolitan Rome -- "A woman artist is an object of peculiar odium" -- Rome in the colonial imagination -- Reimagining Italy -- Antislavery sermons in stone -- Women sculptors, suffrage, and the public stage Summary "Explores mid-nineteenth-century American women sculptors who developed successful professional careers in Rome. Draws from feminist theory, cultural geography, and expatriate and postcolonial studies to investigate the gendered nature of creativity and expatriation"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue 1830-1908 gnd Lewis, Edmonia 1844-1909 gnd Ream, Vinnie 1847-1914 gnd Whitney, Anne gnd Bibel Römerbrief gnd Subject Expatriate sculptors -- Italy -- Rome -- History -- 19th century Women sculptors -- United States -- History -- 19th century Sculpture, Neoclassical -- Italy -- Rome Sculpture, American -- Italy -- Rome -- 19th century Feminism and art. ART -- Sculpture & Installation. ART -- History -- Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) Expatriate sculptors Feminism and art Intellectual life Politics and government Sculpture, American Sculpture, Neoclassical Women sculptors Amerikanerin Bildhauerin SUBJECT Rome (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Rome (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 19th century Subject Italy -- Rome United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780271064673 0271064676

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