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SubjectsWomen--United States--History--20th centuryWomen designersWomen civic leaders

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Prologue: American Women in the Twentieth Century

Eileen Boris

Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference

AMERICAN WOMEN ENTERED THE TWENTIETH CENTURY as unpaid family laborers constrained in their sexual expression and subject to legal and political disabilities...

Author

Eileen Boris

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.26-47

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20271&redirecttoanchor=51170

Chapter subject tags:Women designersWomen--United States--History--20th centuryWomen in the labor movementFeminism--United States--History--20th centuryWomen--Suffrage--United States--History

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American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1950

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1950

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1920

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1920

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1900

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1900

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1980

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1980

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1990

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1990

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1970

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1970

Bust of Antonia the Younger

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 37–54 CE

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsParian marble

Dimensions21 7/16 × 17 1/8 × 8 11/16 in. (54.5 × 43.5 × 22 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/312121

Accession number1972.306

Bust of Antonia the Younger

Portrait of Antonia the Younger, formerly in Wilton House

Pocahontas

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator name (description)After the 1616 engraving by Simon van de Passe

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1616–1617

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.

LocationNational Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.65.61

Accession numberNPG.65.61

Pocahontas

Portrait of a Young Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator name (description)Previously attributed to Jean-Etienne Liotard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1775

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPastel

Dimensions40.6 x 32.4 cm

LocationSaint Louis Art Museum

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/20200/

Accession number186:1951

Portrait of a Young Woman

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic and pigment

Dimensions13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm )

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/75238

Accession number1989.639

Model of a circular ceremonial center

Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle (Light and Dark Skin)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

LocationFrom Carl Heinrich Stratz, "Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes" 1911 (1921), p. 29 and fig. 14

Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle...

Photograph of Africans: Helle und Dunkle (Light and Dark Skin)

Aline Barnsdall on the beach

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1923

Object typePhotograph

Aline Barnsdall on the beach

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Justinian and his retinue, including...

Justinian and his retinue, including Archbishop Maximian

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1930

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1930

Storyteller figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–800

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/73795

Accession number1989.83

Storyteller figure

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1910

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1910

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1960

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator roleDesigner

Object typeGraphic Design

American Women in the Twentieth Century:...

American Women in the Twentieth Century: Context Line: 1960

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Presumably Saint Dunstan

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 930–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a7ebbb6f-414f-4bb9-9399-b3ed588c15af

Accession numberMs. Auct. F.4.32, fol. 1

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan...

Self-portrait (?) of St. Dunstan worshipping Christ

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1530–1554

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsLaid paper and natural pigments

LocationMuseo del América, Madrid

Codex Tudela: Indian costumes

Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameGhirlandaio, Domenico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1489–1490

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on panel

Dimensions30 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (77 x 49 cm)

LocationMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico/portrait-giovanna-degli-albizzi-tornabuoni

Accession numberINV. Nr. 158 (1935.6)

Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi...

Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni

Laocoön

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date40–30 B.C.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 95 1/4 in. (242 cm)

LocationVatican Museums, Rome

https://catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.1059.0.0?lang=en_US

Accession numberCat. 1059

Laocoön

Woman at her Toilet

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1515

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions39 29 7/8 in. (99 x 76 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010067550

Accession numberINV. 755

Woman at her Toilet

Portrait of Plotina, from Ostia

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 112

Object typeSculpture

LocationMuseo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome

Portrait of Plotina, from Ostia

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsDiameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/148347

Accession number1997.475

Funerary Cheek-Piercing Ritual

Description: Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 668–685

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring...

Constantine IV Pogonatus conferring privileges on the church of S. Apollinare in Classe

Portrait of Sabina

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 136–138

Object typeSculpture

LocationMuseo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome

Portrait of Sabina

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1373

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberFr. 14939, fol. 5r

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten...

Somme le Roi: Moses receives the Ten Commandments

Portrait of Agrippina the Younger

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 50–59

Object typeSculpture

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Portrait of Agrippina the Younger

Portrait of Julia Domna, from Gabii

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 193–194

Object typeSculpture

DimensionsH: 66.5 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010275281

Accession numberMR 638

Portrait of Julia Domna, from Gabii

Theodora and her retinue

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 545 AD-547AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Theodora and her retinue

Portrait of Julia Mamaea

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 220–229

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationMuseo Capitolino, Rome

Portrait of Julia Mamaea

Portrait of Furia Sabina Tranquillina

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 30

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 238–244

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsH: 41.91 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460085&partId=1&searchText=athlete&sortBy=imageName&page=1

Accession number1805,0703.107

Portrait of Furia Sabina Tranquillina

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