Matches in UGent Biblio for { ?s ?p For centuries both sculpture and urban public space have been defined as a “male” domain. Yet there were significantly more female sculptors than assumed, whose sculptures were assigned a place in (semi-)public spaces, even in art metropolises, and that since the late 18th century. How much this contradicts the established male-female roles, and enables us to disprove the so-called exclusion of women from the public sphere or whether the phenomenon may ultimately be just another confirmation of this theory remains unclear at the moment. For the first time the (semi-)public sculptures by women in a metropolis, namely Brussels, Paris and London are mapped for a period of almost two centuries, roughly the long 19th century. This production is examined in terms of its presence (in the context of different urbanizations), (under-)representation and visibility in the cityscape. To explain the specificity the study will focus on the origin and profile of female sculptors, their access to education and jobs. Aspects such as the precise location (outside-in, center-periphery, open-closed, religious-secular, etc.), the material used, the iconographic genre and style characteristics are discussed in the analysis of the particular profile of this sculpture production.. }
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- aggregation abstract "For centuries both sculpture and urban public space have been defined as a “male” domain. Yet there were significantly more female sculptors than assumed, whose sculptures were assigned a place in (semi-)public spaces, even in art metropolises, and that since the late 18th century. How much this contradicts the established male-female roles, and enables us to disprove the so-called exclusion of women from the public sphere or whether the phenomenon may ultimately be just another confirmation of this theory remains unclear at the moment. For the first time the (semi-)public sculptures by women in a metropolis, namely Brussels, Paris and London are mapped for a period of almost two centuries, roughly the long 19th century. This production is examined in terms of its presence (in the context of different urbanizations), (under-)representation and visibility in the cityscape. To explain the specificity the study will focus on the origin and profile of female sculptors, their access to education and jobs. Aspects such as the precise location (outside-in, center-periphery, open-closed, religious-secular, etc.), the material used, the iconographic genre and style characteristics are discussed in the analysis of the particular profile of this sculpture production.".