The Story of Art Without Men

By: Katy Hessel

Narrated by: Katy Hessel

The story of art as it's never been told before, from the Renaissance to the present day.

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?

Guided by Katy Hessel, art historian and founder of @thegreatwomenartists, discover the glittering paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, the radical work of Harriet Powers in the nineteenth-century United States, and the artist who really invented the "readymade." Explore the Dutch Golden Age, the astonishing work of postwar artists in Latin America, and the women defining art in the 2020s. Have your sense of art history overturned and your eyes opened to many artforms often ignored or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this is the history of art as it's never been told before.

©2023 Katy Hessel (P)2023 Tantor

The narration is amazing

This book is like being an art history survey course. It covers a wide variety of artists and styles, and gives a general understanding of women’s position within art history. I loved the narrator (also the author). You can hear and feel her excitement and reverence for her subject.

Good concise history

A quick and concise history of women in the arts. I enjoyed listening and would recommend to others.

Great book, no pdf?

Fantastic book, highly recommend. One issue I had is that there is supposed to be an accompanying pdf. I contacted Audible to file a report, but they issued a credit and then hung up on me. Pretty odd! I just wanted to alert them to the missing pdf.

a necessary text for our time

I loved every second of this book and the work that it does! Speaking directly about the audible experience, it was such a shame that the PDF wasn't attached, I had to do a lot of googling.

must read

I loved this book so much. It provides insight and context to the women of art history. most are euro-centric, but there are also references to global artists and movements. I was left wanting to visit some artists more in depth -- which fuels more reading and enjoyment. the book covers the past to current with lively anticipation of the future. the narration is author driven and so captivating and passionate.

If you like art, this book is for you.

Loved the history and learning about many female artists. I saw the hard copy and it’s a beautiful book. That will be my next purchase. The hard copy has photographs of the art. I highly recommend if you either like history or art.

Useful and Insightful

This is well written and insightful. It is a huge help to me as a resource for creating global and gender diverse art history courses. It is also a good read and incredibly informative particularly with the Renaissance through Early Modernism in which art history has traditionally addressed so very few women artists and contributors at all.

Comprehensive and enlightening

So many overlooked women in history finally given an airing - and their unrecognized influence on the work of many male artists considered the vanguards of their time! Let’s end that injustice with this new information. Thanks for doing the research and writing this useful book.

A fantastic and necessary read!

This book shines a light on so many non-male artists whose work has either been left out, or actively removed, from history. A must-read for lovers of art, history, or social justice issues. And a must-read for everyone else too, for that matter!

This book is required reading!

Absolutely wonderfully narrated and written. I want another book diving deep into the lives of these artists.