The Modern Embroidery Movement

Name: The Modern Embroidery Movement
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781350129146
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By Cynthia Fowler

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The Modern Embroidery Movement by Cynthia Fowler explores the early twentieth-century rise of modern embroidery in the United States, focusing on pioneers Marguerite Zorach and Georgiana Brown Harbeson. This scholarly work examines their efforts to establish embroidery as a legitimate art form, highlighting key exhibitions, contemporary criticism, and the intersection of craft, art, and women's rights.
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This book is ideal for art historians, embroidery artists, craft enthusiasts, and readers interested in women's roles in shaping modern art and craft history.

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WINNER OF A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE AWARD 2018

In the early twentieth century, Marguerite Zorach and Georgiana Brown Harbeson were at the forefront of the modern embroidery movement in the United States. In the first scholarly examination of their work and influence, Cynthia Fowler explores the arguments presented by these pioneering women and their collaborators for embroidery to be considered as art.

Using key exhibitions and contemporary criticism, The Modern Embroidery Movement focuses extensively on the individual work of Zorach and Brown Harbeson, casting a new light on their careers. Documenting a previously marginalised movement, Fowler brings together the history of craft, art, and women’s rights, and firmly establishes embroidery as a significant aspect of modern art.

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Cynthia Fowler's book is praised for its rigorous and insightful analysis. Angie Wyman from the Royal School of Needlework describes it as a key text on American modern embroidery. Ele Carpenter from Goldsmiths emphasises the book's essential contribution to art history, particularly in recognising embroidery's complex relation to art, craft, and decoration within a gendered context.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350129146

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts

Illustration: 70 BW illus + 16pp colour plates

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 280

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About the Author

Cynthia Fowler is a feminist art historian and professor of art at Emmanuel College, Boston. She received her PhD from the University of Delaware in 2002 and also holds fellowships from the Smithsonian Institute, the Winterthur Museum, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Previous work includes Hooked Rugs: Encounters in American Modern Art, Craft and Design and Locating American Art: Finding Meaning in Art Museums.