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Mary Garrard


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Mary Garrard is an American art historian. An emerita professor at American University, she is considered "one of the founders of feminist art theory" and particularly known for her work on the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.

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Biography

Garrard received her Bachelor of Arts from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in 1958, her Master of Arts from Harvard University in 1960 and her Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University.

With Norma Broude, she co-authored and edited a number of books on art history, and curated an arts exhibition, Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators in 2007 at the Katzen Arts Center.

From 1974 to 1976, Garrard served as the national president of the Women’s Caucus for Art.

Selected publications

  • Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton, Princeton UP: 1989; ISBN 9780691002859)

    • With Norma Broude

  • Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany (Harper & Row: 1982; ISBN 9780064301176)
  • The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History (IconEditions: 1992; ISBN 9780064302074)
  • The Power of Feminist Art (Harry N. Abrams: 1996; ISBN 9780810926592)
  • Reclaiming Female Agency: Feminist Art History after Postmodernism (Oakland: U of California P: 2005; ISBN 9780520242524)
  • Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators (Washington, American University: 2007)

    • References

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