The Story of Women and Art

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The Story of Women and Art
1556 self-portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola, featured in The Story of Women and Art.
GenreArt documentary
Presented byProfessor Amanda Vickery
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
ReleaseMay 2014 (2014-05)

The Story of Women and Art is a television documentary series, consisting of three one-hour episodes, on the history of women artists in Europe from the Renaissance onwards, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in May 2014.[1] The series is presented by Professor Amanda Vickery.[2]

Artists featured include Properzia de' Rossi, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Anne Seymour Damer, Angelica Kauffman, and the 17th-century Dutch paper cutter Joanna Koerten. Episode 3 covered Lady Butler, Berthe Morisot, Gertrude Jekyll, Karin Larsson, Madeleine Vionnet, and Georgia O'Keeffe. The programme was well received by some critics, but criticized by others.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Story of Women and Art". BBC Media Centre. UK: BBC. 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ^ "The Story of Women and Art". BBC Two. UK: BBC. 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. ^ Wilson, Benji (16 May 2014). "The Story of Women and Art, BBC Two, Review: 'an enticing argument'". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  4. ^ Ferguson, Euan (31 May 2014). "The Complainers; The Story of Women and Art; Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos – review". The Observer. UK. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. ^ Lee, David (1 October 2014). "BBC arts coverage (part 34)". The Jackdaw. UK. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

External links

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