The Story of Women and Art
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GenreArt documentary
Presented byProfessor Amanda Vickery
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
| The Story of Women and Art | |
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 1556 self-portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola, featured in The Story of Women and Art. | |
| Genre | Art documentary |
| Presented by | Professor Amanda Vickery |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | May 2014 |
The Story of Women and Art is a television documentary series, consisting of three one-hour episodes, on the history of women artists in Europe from the Renaissance onwards, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two in May 2014.[1] The series is presented by Professor Amanda Vickery.[2]
Artists featured include Properzia de' Rossi, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Anne Seymour Damer, Angelica Kauffman, and the 17th-century Dutch paper cutter Joanna Koerten. Episode 3 covered Lady Butler, Berthe Morisot, Gertrude Jekyll, Karin Larsson, Madeleine Vionnet, and Georgia O'Keeffe. The programme was well received by some critics, but criticized by others.[3][4][5]
