Reviews for Cal 98 Garden Delights: Includes Flower Seeds

The average rating for Cal 98 Garden Delights: Includes Flower Seeds based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-16 00:00:00 Josh Elliot This is a brilliant and detailed account of the lives of female, Pre-Raphaelite artists. Split into the different generations of women associated with this movement, Jan Morris gives an account of what it was like for women practitioners of art, the obstacles that they faced, prejudices and achievements of these women. Many art schools had restrictions and limitations put on women in their attempt to practice/study art. Yet, these women still managed to create art on a wide range of topics, such as the political, social, mythical and the personal. Whether, painting, photography, or illustration, these women worked hard to produce and practice art, sometimes combining a family or supporting another relative. Often, women who were part of this movement are talked of and only referred to in relation to the male artists of the PRB. So it was good to read the accounts of these women's lives and art practice, including their strengths and weaknesses as artists. The story of such women is an encouragement to women now. The early Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood encouraged women in their practice of art and some were pupils of male members of the PRB. Yet the wider society would often not support them just because they were female. However, a number these artists found champions, supporters and a market for their work. Some were prolific in their output and better known in their time, now forgotten. The book throughout features colour and black and white examples of their work and contains a bibliography, with references for further reading. Enlightening!

Review # 2 was written on 2018-11-22 00:00:00 Katelyn Ignatowicz I wasn't planning to include any women in my study of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but this is one of the few books I found at the library so I grabbed it just in case. I started on the first page and could not stop reading about the Art Sisters. I've now adjusted my research of this period to include the founding women in art. This is a great reference!