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Women Who Read Are Dangerous
Stefan Bollmann
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Description for Women Who Read Are Dangerous
Hardback. "A compendium of more than 70 iconic works of art featuring women who read, from the Virgin Mary to Marilyn Monroe"-- Num Pages: 156 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 724.
As the book's provocative title indicates, a woman reading was once viewed as radical. In chapters - such as: Intimate Moments and The Search for Oneself - Bollmann profiles how a woman with a book was once seen as idle or suspect and how women have gained autonomy through reading over the years. Bollmann offers intelligent and engaging commentary on each work of art in Women Who Read Are Dangerous, telling us who the subject is, her relationship to the artist, and even what she is reading. With works ranging from a 1333 Annunciation painting of the angel Gabriel speaking ... Read more
As the book's provocative title indicates, a woman reading was once viewed as radical. In chapters - such as: Intimate Moments and The Search for Oneself - Bollmann profiles how a woman with a book was once seen as idle or suspect and how women have gained autonomy through reading over the years. Bollmann offers intelligent and engaging commentary on each work of art in Women Who Read Are Dangerous, telling us who the subject is, her relationship to the artist, and even what she is reading. With works ranging from a 1333 Annunciation painting of the angel Gabriel speaking ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789212566
SKU
V9780789212566
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
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Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous was featured in Your Sun. - Your Sun