Mary D. Garrard
Author of The Power of Feminist Art
About the Author
Mary D. Garrard is Professor of Art History at American University.
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Works by Mary D. Garrard
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (1988) 141 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Garrard, Mary D.
- Legal name
- Garrard, Mary DuBose
- Birthdate
- 1937-07-25
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Greenwood, Mississippi, USA
- Education
- Newcomb College (B.A.|1958)
Harvard University (M.A. ∙ 1960)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D ∙ 1970) - Occupations
- art historian
Professor Emerita, Department of Art, American University, Washington D.C.
feminist writer
biographer - Relationships
- Broude, Norma (co-author)
- Organizations
- Women's Caucus for Art, Past President
American University
one of the leaders of the feminist movement in art professions - Awards and honors
- Lifetime Achievement Award, National 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
Fulbright scholar, Italy, 1963-64 - Short biography
- Best known for her groundbreaking feminist scholarship, Garrard has drawn on feminist theory and activism to illuminate and reinterpret art of the Italian Renaissance-Baroque period.With Norma Broude, she co-edited four books on feminism and art history that have become basic texts in American universities.
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