American art historian
Mary DuBose Garrard (born 1937) is an American art historian andemerita professor atAmerican University .[ 1] [ 2] She is recognized as "one of the founders of feminist art theory"[ 2] and is particularly known for her work on theBaroque painterArtemisia Gentileschi .[ 3]
Garrard earned herB.A. degree atH. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in 1958, herM.A. degree atHarvard University in 1960, and herPh.D. atJohns Hopkins University in 1970. [ 4] [ 5] writing her dissertation on "The Early Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino—Florence and Rome."[ 6] [ 7]
From 1974 to 1976, Garrard served as the second national president of theWomen’s Caucus for Art .[ 1]
Garrard's feminist scholarship began with articles in the 1970s, including "Of Men, Women and Art: Some Historical Reflections" (Art Journal , 1976) and "Feminism: Has It Changed Art History?" (Heresies , 1978).[ 1]
WithNorma Broude , Garrard co-authored and edited several books on art history and curated an exhibition,Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators , in 2007 at theKatzen Arts Center .[ 8]
Selected publications [ edit ] Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989),ISBN 9780691002859 [ 3] Artemisia Gentileschi Around 1622: The Shaping and Reshaping of an Artistic Identity (University of California Press, 2001),ISBN 9780520228412 Brunelleschi 's Egg: Nature, Art, and Gender in Renaissance Italy (University of California Press, 2010),ISBN 9780520261525 Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe (Reaktion , 2020),ISBN 9781789142020 Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany (Harper & Row, 1982),ISBN 9780064301176 The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History (Icon Editions, 1992),ISBN 9780064302074 The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact (Harry N. Abrams, 1996),ISBN 9780810926592 Reclaiming Female Agency: Feminist Art History after Postmodernism (University of California Press, 2005),ISBN 9780520242524 Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators (American University, 2007)[ 8] Lifetime Achievement Award,Women’s Caucus for Art , 2005 Faculty Legacy Award, American University, voted by CAS alumni as professor who had greatest influence on their lives, 2002 Award from College Art Association, Committee on Women, for “pioneering feminist scholarship” (with Norma Broude), 2000 Honorary doctorate of humane letters, awarded byMillsaps College , Jackson, Mississippi, 1999 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award (with Norma Broude), 1995Mid-Career Achievement Award,National Women’s Caucus for Art , 1991 AU College of Arts and Sciences award, Outstanding Scholarship, Research & Other Professional Contributions, 1990 AU College of Arts and Sciences award, Outstanding Teaching, 1989[ 4] Grants and sponsored research [ edit ] American University Mellon Fund Travel Award, September 1998 National Endowment for the Humanities , Fellowship, 1991–92J. PaulGetty Foundation , subvention to Princeton University Press to support publication ofArtemisia Gentileschi , 1987 Mina Shaughnessy Scholars Program Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, Department of Education, 1982 American Association of University Women Fellowship, 1978–79American Council of Learned Societies , 1978–79Fulbright scholar , Italy, 1963–64[ 4] ^a b c Love, Barbara J., ed. (2006).Feminists Who Changed America 1963–1975 . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 168 .ISBN 978-0252031892 . ^a b Gopnik, Blake (5 October 2008)."Expanded Text of Mary Garrard Interview" .The Washington Post . Retrieved10 March 2015 .^a b Pollock, Griselda (1990). "Rev. of Garrard,Artemisia Gentileschi ".The Art Bulletin .72 (3):499– 505.doi :10.2307/3045754 .JSTOR 3045754 .^a b c "Faculty Profile: Mary Garrard" .American University . Retrieved22 September 2020 .^ The Johns Hopkins University Conferring of Degrees at the Close of the Ninety-fourth Academic Year . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Office of the University Registrar. 15 July 1970 [27 May 1970]. p. 49.^ "Doctors of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.".The Johns Hopkins University, Conferring of Degrees at the Close of the Ninety-Fourth Academic Year, May 24, 1970, Keyser Quadrangle, Homewood, Baltimore, Maryland (PDF) . Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University. 1970. p. 50. ^ Mary DuBose Garrard. "The Early Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino: Florence and Rome." PhD diss.The Johns Hopkins University, 1970. ^a b Dawson, Jessica (18 November 2007)."AU Museum Gives Women's Work the 'Space' It Deserves" .The Washington Post . Retrieved10 March 2015 .
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