The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
For one, don’t try to read this book in bed – it’s too heavy on your arms. ; )
It’s 485 pages plus pages for all the footnotes, a list of all the illustrations, glossary, an index for artists mentioned and a bibliography.
It would be hard to write a summary of the book as it’s starting with 1500s to 2000s, so it’s an overview of female artists the author found and shows pictures of some of their works. She mentions some familiar names as well, like Sofonisba Anguissola or Angelica Kauffman. She doesn’t go into a lot of details of their lives, but you get a general idea who they had been and in what circumstances they’d lived.
This counting-off of the artists' names might be a bit tiring or boring to some, but let me assure you that the book is a good starting point to learn about female artists and use all the pages at the end for further research on them.
Recommended to anyone who wants to read up on the subject.