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The Story of Art Without Men

By Katy Hessel
Hardcover
$45.00
By Katy Hessel
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The kind of book you can enjoy together, give mom Katy Hessel’s groundbreaking collection on the history of women’s art from the earliest movements to today.

Instant New York Times bestseller One of Vanity Fair's Favorite Books to Gift • One of PureWow's 42 Books to Gift This Year • One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2023 The story of art as it’s never been told before, from the Renaissance to the present day, with more than 300 works of art.

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?

Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreat...

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