Art History Isn't Just About The Stuff In Galleries

[poliphilo]

One of the things I liked about Amanda Vickery's Story of Women in Art is that she didn't stick with the so-called fine arts but made a case for the importance of artists like the interior designer Karin Larsson and the garden designer Gertrude Jekyll- pointing out that they have had a much greater influence on the culture than any painter or sculptor....