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American art historian
Mary DuBose Garrard (born 1937) is an American art historian and
emerita professor at
American University .
[1]
[2] She is recognized as "one of the founders of feminist art theory"
[2] and is particularly known for her work on the
Baroque painter
Artemisia Gentileschi .
[3]
Education
Garrard earned her
B.A. degree at
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in 1958, her
M.A. degree at
Harvard University in 1960, and her
Ph.D. at
Johns Hopkins University in 1970.
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[5] writing her dissertation on "The Early Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino—Florence and Rome."
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Work
From 1974 to 1976, Garrard served as the second national president of the
Women’s Caucus for Art .
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Garrard's feminist scholarship began with articles in the 1970s, including "Of Men, Women and Art: Some Historical Reflections" (
Art Journal , 1976) and "Feminism: Has It Changed Art History?" (
Heresies , 1978).
[1]
With
Norma Broude , Garrard co-authored and edited several books on art history and curated an exhibition, Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators , in 2007 at the
Katzen Arts Center .
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Selected publications
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989),
ISBN
9780691002859
[3]
Artemisia Gentileschi Around 1622: The Shaping and Reshaping of an Artistic Identity (University of California Press, 2001),
ISBN
9780520228412
Brunelleschi 's Egg: Nature, Art, and Gender in Renaissance Italy (University of California Press, 2010),
ISBN
9780520261525
Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe (
Reaktion , 2020),
ISBN
9781789142020
Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany (Harper & Row, 1982),
ISBN
9780064301176
The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History (Icon Editions, 1992),
ISBN
9780064302074
The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact (Harry N. Abrams, 1996),
ISBN
9780810926592
Reclaiming Female Agency: Feminist Art History after Postmodernism (University of California Press, 2005),
ISBN
9780520242524
Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators (American University, 2007)
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Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award,
Women’s Caucus for Art , 2005
Faculty Legacy Award, American University, voted by CAS alumni as professor who had greatest influence on their lives, 2002
Award from College Art Association, Committee on Women, for “pioneering feminist scholarship” (with Norma Broude), 2000
Honorary doctorate of humane letters, awarded by
Millsaps College , Jackson, Mississippi, 1999
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award (with Norma Broude), 1995
Mid-Career Achievement Award,
National Women’s Caucus for Art , 1991
AU College of Arts and Sciences award, Outstanding Scholarship, Research & Other Professional Contributions, 1990
AU College of Arts and Sciences award, Outstanding Teaching, 1989
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Grants and sponsored research
American University Mellon Fund Travel Award, September 1998
National Endowment for the Humanities , Fellowship, 1991–92
J. Paul
Getty Foundation , subvention to Princeton University Press to support publication of Artemisia Gentileschi , 1987
Mina Shaughnessy Scholars Program Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, Department of Education, 1982
American Association of University Women Fellowship, 1978–79
American Council of Learned Societies , 1978–79
Fulbright scholar , Italy, 1963–64
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References
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a
b
c Love, Barbara J., ed. (2006).
Feminists Who Changed America 1963–1975 . Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p.
168 .
ISBN
978-0252031892 .
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a
b
Gopnik, Blake (5 October 2008).
"Expanded Text of Mary Garrard Interview" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
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a
b
Pollock, Griselda (1990). "Rev. of Garrard, Artemisia Gentileschi ".
The Art Bulletin . 72 (3): 499–505.
doi :
10.2307/3045754 .
JSTOR
3045754 .
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a
b
c
"Faculty Profile: Mary Garrard" . American University . Retrieved 22 September 2020 .
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The Johns Hopkins University Conferring of Degrees at the Close of the Ninety-fourth Academic Year . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Office of the University Registrar. 15 July 1970 [27 May 1970]. p. 49.
^ "Doctors of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.".
The Johns Hopkins University, Conferring of Degrees at the Close of the Ninety-Fourth Academic Year, May 24, 1970, Keyser Quadrangle, Homewood, Baltimore, Maryland (PDF) . Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University. 1970. p. 50.
^ Mary DuBose Garrard. "The Early Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino: Florence and Rome." PhD diss.The Johns Hopkins University, 1970.
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a
b Dawson, Jessica (18 November 2007).
"AU Museum Gives Women's Work the 'Space' It Deserves" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved 10 March 2015 .
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