Frances Borzello is a British art historian and scholar, feminist art critic and author. Her work specializes in the social history of art, and includes study on the social position of European woman artists in the context of their society, the study of female self-portraits and female nudes.[1] She authored the book Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self Portraits, which has been continuously published since 1998 and has 30 editions.[2] Her work widely recognized as contribution to the fields of art history and women's studies.
Borzello earned her PhD from the University College London in 1980.[3] Her dissertation published in 1981 and was titled, "The relationship of fine art and the poor in late nineteenth century England".[4] Borzello was a member of a women's photography group founded in the 1970s called Second Sight, which included members such as Annette Kuhn, Jill Pack, and Cassandra Wedd.[5]
Borzello's writing "Preaching to the converted? Feminist art publishing in the 1980s," was included in the 1995 book New Feminist Art Criticism: Critical Strategies.[6]
The 2010 book, Frida Kahlo: Face to Face was co-authored with American artist Judy Chicago, and focused on Frida Kahlo's career as well as Kahlo's artwork in relation to topics like female self portraiture and commercialization.[12][13]
Bibliographyedit
Booksedit
Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits. Thames & Hudson, 2016. ISBN 0500239460
The Naked Nude. Thames & Hudson, 2012. ISBN 0500238928
Frida Kahlo: Face to Face. co-authored with Judy Chicago, Prestel, 2010. ISBN 3791343602
At Home: The Domestic Interior in Art. Thames & Hudson, 2006. ISBN 0500238316
Reclining Nude. co-authored with Lidia Guibert Ferrara, Thames & Hudson, 2002. ISBN 0500237972[14]
Mirror Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists. by Liz Rideal and contributions by Frances Borzello and Whitney Chadwick, Watson-Guptill, 2002. ISBN 0823030717
A World of Our Own: Women as Artists Since the Renaissance . Watson-Guptill, 2000. ISBN 0823058743
Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits. (first edition) Harry N. Abrams, 1998. ISBN 0-8109-4188-0
Civilizing Caliban: The Misuse of Art, 1875-1980. Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1987. ISBN 0710206755
The New Art History. co-authored with A.L. Rees. Camden Press, May 1986. ISBN 0948491078
Women Artists: A Graphic Guide. co-authored with Natacha Ledwidge, Camden Press, 1986. ISBN 0948491051
Articlesedit
Auchmuty, Rosemary, Borzello, Frances, Davis Langdell, Cheri. “The Image of Women's Studies.” Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 6, no. 3, 1983, pp. 291–298, doi:10.1016/0277-5395(83)90054-7.[15]
Borzello, Frances. “Helene Schjerfbeck: And Nobody Knows What I'm Like.” Woman's Art Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2004, pp. 48–50. JSTORS, doi:10.2307/3566500.
Borzello, Frances. “Tea, Toilets & Typewriters: Women's Clubs in London.” History Today, vol. 58, no. 12, Dec. 2008.[16]
^ abPurvis, June (5 February 1999). "Reclaiming the self through art". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^"Borzello, Frances". OCLC World Cat. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Korda, Andrea (2017). Printing and Painting the News in Victorian London: "The Graphic and Social Realism, 1869-1891. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1351553247 – via Google Books.
^Borzello, Frances (1981). The relationship of fine art and the poor in late nineteenth century England (Thesis). Boston Spa, England: Document Supply Centre, British Library. OCLC 501940803.
^Kuhn, Annette (2017). The Power of the Image: Essays on Representation and Sexuality. Routledge. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1136137648.
^Deepwell, Kate (1995). New feminist art criticism: critical strategies. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719042577 – via Google Books.
^ abcCooke, Rachel (11 April 2016). "Seeing Ourselves: from Boccaccio to the age of the selfie". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ abMoore, Suzanne (4 April 1998). "Who does she think she is?". The Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
^O'Sullivan, Niamh (9 January 1999). "Self-regard". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^"La Fridamanía toma la web: Así es la más grande retrospectiva digital sobre Frida Kahlo". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^"Sexy selfies through the ages". The Spectator. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Miranda, Carolina A. (14 July 2014). "Saving Frida Kahlo From Her Own Celebrity". ARTnews. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^"Face to Face with Frida Kahlo, Judy Chicago, and Frances Borzello". Broad Strokes: The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Borzello, Frances (2 November 2002). "Nude awakening". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Auchmuty, Rosemary; Borzello, Frances; Davis Langdell, Cheri (1 January 1983). "The image of women's studies". Women's Studies International Forum. 6 (3). Elsevier: 291–298. doi:10.1016/0277-5395(83)90054-7. ISSN 0277-5395.
^"Tea, Toilets & Typewriters: Women's Clubs in London". History Today. 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
External linksedit
Article: "Nude awakening" by Borzello, from 2 November 2002, The Guardian newspaper
Article: "Kenneth Clark - Changing the Way We See", an interview with Borzello discussing art historian Kenneth Clark, from 20 March 2005, Sunday Morning on Radio National