The great mother : women, maternity, and power in art and visual culture, 1900-2015 / an exhibition curated by Massimiliano Gioni.
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TextPublisher: Milan : Skira, 2016Description: 400 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9788857228600 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mothers in art -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 704.9'493'068743 Summary: Through the work of over eighty international artists, 'The great mother' aims to analyze the iconography of motherhood in art and visual culture during the 20th and 21st centuries, from early avant-garde movements to the present. Whether as a symbol of creativity or as a metaphor for art itself, the archetype of the mother has been a central figure in the history of art, from the Venuses of the stone age to the 'bad girls' of the postfeminist era and across centuries of religious works depicting countless maternity scenes. The more familiar version of 'mother' has also become a stereotype closely tied to Italy. In attempting to analyze the portrayal of motherhood, 'The great mother' traces a history of female empowerment, chronicling gender struggles, sexual politics, and tensions between tradition and emancipation.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Milan, Pilazzo Reale, 25th August-15th November, 2015.
Through the work of over eighty international artists, 'The great mother' aims to analyze the iconography of motherhood in art and visual culture during the 20th and 21st centuries, from early avant-garde movements to the present. Whether as a symbol of creativity or as a metaphor for art itself, the archetype of the mother has been a central figure in the history of art, from the Venuses of the stone age to the 'bad girls' of the postfeminist era and across centuries of religious works depicting countless maternity scenes. The more familiar version of 'mother' has also become a stereotype closely tied to Italy. In attempting to analyze the portrayal of motherhood, 'The great mother' traces a history of female empowerment, chronicling gender struggles, sexual politics, and tensions between tradition and emancipation.
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