I initially got this book because it's illustrated by Lisa Congdon and I've liked her other books a lot but the portraits in here are so muted and flat, which doesn't fit the cover or the loud-and-proud artists covered by the excellent text so that's why this gets 4 stars instead of 5. Still, it's an awesome (and not overwhelming) chronological look at important women artists written by in a fresh and personal style by a woman who knows her shit.