Meaghan Clarke
Biographic Data
| ID | 4002264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meaghan Clarke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meaghan |
| FAMILY NAME | Clarke |
| SIGNATURE | CLARKE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-3334-1380 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Expert assistance’ and ‘important discoveries’: Photographs and hidden histories in museum catalogues, 1840–1910
Conventional institutional histories have focussed on male directors and curators. This article posits a more expansive understanding of museum histories that encompass women’s professional labour. In the twenty-first century, the museum catalogue might include large glossy illustrated tomes that accompany blockbuster exhibitions as well as online gallery catalogues vital for the identification of objects held in public collections. In the latter…
Looking Back: Legacies of Women Art Writers
Pictorial representations of women in galleries and museums, clutching a catalogue, abound in the nineteenth century. Hilary Fraser has emphasized the importance of women to the development of art writing and its increasing professionalism in the nineteenth century. This article examines the interrelated art historical processes of looking, reading, and writing through the professional trajectories of three very different art writers: Emily Dilke…
Still Invisible
Provocation piece that queries the visibility of women artists in public UK collections, and problematises practices such as women-only exhibitions in order to open a dialogue on this subject. This essay launches subsequent discussion carried out by several other authors
Seeing in Black‐and‐White: Incidents in Print Culture
In the late nineteenth century, debates around mechanization and printmaking raised questions about artistic authority and professional status for the expanding press. In 1877, the art critic John Ruskin accused Whistler of ‘flinging a pot of paint in the face of the public’ with his Nocturne in Black and Gold, and Whistler sued Ruskin for libel. Less than two decades after the Whistler v. Ruskin case, two further libelous attacks appeared in the…
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Seeing in Black‐and‐White: Incidents in Print Culture
In the late nineteenth century, debates around mechanization and printmaking raised questions about artistic authority and professional status for the expanding press. In 1877, the art critic John Ruskin accused Whistler of ‘flinging a pot of paint in the face of the public’ with his Nocturne in Black and Gold, and Whistler sued Ruskin for libel. Less than two decades after the Whistler v. Ruskin case, two further libelous attacks appeared in the…
Still Invisible
Provocation piece that queries the visibility of women artists in public UK collections, and problematises practices such as women-only exhibitions in order to open a dialogue on this subject. This essay launches subsequent discussion carried out by several other authors
Looking Back: Legacies of Women Art Writers
Pictorial representations of women in galleries and museums, clutching a catalogue, abound in the nineteenth century. Hilary Fraser has emphasized the importance of women to the development of art writing and its increasing professionalism in the nineteenth century. This article examines the interrelated art historical processes of looking, reading, and writing through the professional trajectories of three very different art writers: Emily Dilke…
‘Expert assistance’ and ‘important discoveries’: Photographs and hidden histories in museum catalogues, 1840–1910
Conventional institutional histories have focussed on male directors and curators. This article posits a more expansive understanding of museum histories that encompass women’s professional labour. In the twenty-first century, the museum catalogue might include large glossy illustrated tomes that accompany blockbuster exhibitions as well as online gallery catalogues vital for the identification of objects held in public collections. In the latter…
Historical Art and Culture Studies (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Architecture (1 works) · Citation (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Cultural History and Identity Formation (1 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 works) · Exhibition (1 works)