This book is about the contribution of women to the lives of famous artists. Although women have given so much to these artists; this selfless contribution has been largely overlooked by art historians. In trying to redress such a huge imbalance; I have focused mainly on male painters. As a retired psychiatrist; I could not write about these artists; and the women who were their intimate partners; without considering their psychopathology. In writing about this I have struggled to avoid jargon and to ensure readability. The main focus is on the relationship between psychopathology and creativity; with some comments about the effects of psychiatric treatment on the creative process. The overall bias of the book is feminist; but my voice here is not strident. I have tried to comment sensibly on what modern women may learn from the truly heroic women who are the main focus of this work.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The winner among five candidates for a college course: required textBy EIm a working architectural photographer and I teach the course at the college level. The school and I looked into five highly recommended texts for a class in architectural photography we are developing in our new curriculum. This book was the winner; with two other coming close as runners-up.Ewing includes all the technical and historical aspects you would expect; but it is also more digestible for a 101 class. Also; it is geared toward strategic thinking; very creative. And has more industry feedback by including chapter 14; interviews with successful working architectural photographers (great value for the students to read). Our other candidates were the classic McGraths "Photographing Buildings Inside and Out" (also to be used as reference only because its a book from the film era; although very good) and Shulzs "Architectural Photography" Ed.3 (great creative detail on chapter 3). I wish I could have the students read more than one as required... Id take all three. But having to pick one; we had to go with this one.Im not a certified buyer here because I receive my evaluation copies from the editors. But I noticed this listing; since the book is new; had no reviews and so I had to give mine.
