Book jacket image for Acts of Creation by Hettie Judah

Thames & Hudson

9780500027868

STARRED REVIEW

Acts of Creation

Hettie Judah’s insightful Acts of Creation gives motherhood its due, honoring it as an important position from which to make and understand art.

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Review of ‘Acts of Creation’

British author and critic Hettie Judah’s Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood is an essential art history. With 150 color illustrations and a scope that encompasses prehistory to the present moment, this exceptional book reframes motherhood as an important position from which to make and understand art. Judah’s tight prose moves gracefully from poetic…

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