Word: nochlin
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...ever since art history began to be systematically written, its heroes have all been men. From Praxiteles through Michelangelo to Cézanne and Matisse, the sex of Western genius never varies. Where were the great women artists? Silence. "The fact of the matter is," argued Art Historian Linda Nochlin in a brilliant essay for Art News, "that there have been no supremely great women artists, although there have been many interesting and good ones; nor have there been any great Lithuanian jazz pianists, nor Eskimo tennis players, no matter how much we might wish there had been...