{"product_id":"another-history-of-art-9781683964469","title":"Another History of Art","description":"Have you ever awakened from a sleepy delirium one morning and imagined that you lived in a different and glorious world where all the recognized masterpieces in the Western pantheon of art history were painted by women? If not, no problem: The renowned and award-winning painter and illustrator Anita Kunz has imagined it for you in her hilariously inventive and masterfully executed \u003cem\u003eAnother History of Art.\u003c\/em\u003e Kunz depicts the most iconic paintings in the history of art -- as if they had been painted by women. Conceived with delicious wit, boundless humor, and an eye for the telling aesthetic detail, Kunz's recreations are not only stunning paintings in their own right but a sly, revisionist social commentary on the male-dominated history of Western civilization. \u003cp\u003eWhat would the same paintings everyone is so familiar with look like drawn by Renée Françoise Magritte, Fiona Bacon, Davina Hockney, Leona Da Vinci, Gertrude Klimt, Henrietta Matisse, Francesca Goya, Paola Picasso, Fernanda Victoria Eugenia Delacroix, Wilhelmina Ottilia Dix, and over 50 other artists (let us not forget Vincenza Van Gogh)? \u003cem\u003eAnother History\u003c\/em\u003e is your chance to find out. Included, on each page opposite the painting, is a single paragraph biography of each woman artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAnother History of Art\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliantly satirical, and, yes, feminist, counterfactual history of art conceived, written, and painted by one of our most accomplished contemporary artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKunz, Anita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAnita Kunz\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed illustrator and painter whose work has graced the covers of the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other mass circulation periodicals. She was named one of the 50 most influential women in Canada by the \u003cem\u003eNational\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePost\u003c\/em\u003e. She was the first woman and the first Canadian to have a solo show at the Library of Congress. She has been appointed Officer of the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor. She lives in Toronto.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50378826350866,"sku":"9781683964469","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_893e1a57-a475-4150-aaef-2cbf68fd3979.jpg?v=1728653015","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/another-history-of-art-9781683964469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}