Feminist Art History-A Literature ReviewThis article aims to explore the works of some famous feminist art historians such as Linda Nochlin, Norma Broude, Griselda Pollock and Rozsika Parker, who focused their literature on the issue of women and art history from the 19th to the 20th century. Broude asserts that feminist students of art history believe they must rewrite art (Broude and Garrard 1982, 183). However, Broude and Garrard challenge this assumption by asking "what and how" feminist students of art history would go about accomplishing the task of rewriting art, and what led to this notion of rewriting art history and what they intend to achieve by rewriting art history (Broude & Garrard 1982: 183). The notion of rewriting art history can be obtained from Pollock and Parker's accounts that there have been variations in affiliation and that are a product of social structures (Pollock & Parker 2013, 3 ). So, to expose these differences, art history must be reorganized. Feminist research in art history began in 1971 with Linda Nochlin's article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists” (Peterson and Mathew 1987: 325). To answer her question, she emphasizes that "art is not a free and autonomous activity of a super-endowed individual, influenced by previous arts or social factors, but rather that art is an integral element of structure and is determined by specific social institutions such as arts scholars, patrons, patriarchal culture, or the myth of the divine creator” (Peterson & Matthew 1987,325), meaning that art is not for anyone who feels talented enough to manipulate brushstrokes. However...... middle of paper ....... London: Chatto & Windus in conjunction with Channel Four Television Co., 1987. Nochlin, Linda. Women, art and power: and other essays. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Parker, Rozsika, and Griselda Pollock. Old mistresses women, art and ideology. New ed. London: IB Tauris, 2013. Peterson. G, Thalia and Patricia Mathew.T. “Feminist criticism of art history.” Art Bulletin 69 (1987): 326-357. Pollock, Griselda. Vision and difference: femininity, feminism and art histories. London: Routledge, 1988. Raven, Arlene. Crossing over: feminism and the art of social concern. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1988. Reckitt, Helena. Art and feminism. London: Phaidon, 2001. Robinson, Hilary. Visibly Feminine: Feminism and Art: An Anthology. New York: Universe Books, 1988. Robinson, Hilary. Feminism-art-theory: an anthology, 1968-2000. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.