Why Have There Been No Great Portuguese‐Language Art Historians?

The reference to the title of Linda Nochlin's celebrated 1971 essay, ‘Why have there been no great women artists?’, is neither facetious nor gratuitous. Following her cue, I will argue here that the deficiencies of art‐historical writing in the Portuguese language are a matter of institutional...

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Published inArt history Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 178 - 184
Main Author Cardoso, Rafael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2019
Subjects
Art history
Historians
Historiography
Nochlin, Linda
Reputations
Women
Portugal
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Summary:The reference to the title of Linda Nochlin's celebrated 1971 essay, ‘Why have there been no great women artists?’, is neither facetious nor gratuitous. Following her cue, I will argue here that the deficiencies of art‐historical writing in the Portuguese language are a matter of institutional structures. Like the so‐called ‘woman problem’ posited by Nochlin nearly half a century ago, the answer lies in the wrong‐headedness of the question.
ISSN:0141-6790
1467-8365
DOI:10.1111/1467-8365.12418