Forbidden Fruit: A History Of Women And Books In Art

Author: Christiane Inmann

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  • : $75.00 AUD
  • : 9783791340777
  • : 29352
  • : 29352
  • : July 2009
  • : 65.0
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  • : Christiane Inmann
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Barcode 9783791340777
9783791340777

Description

Throughout the ages, from Sappho to Mary Wollstonecraft, extraordinary women have exposed other women to the world of letters and the freedom it brings. This unique cross-cultural account highlights the accomplishments of women writers and educated women, and provides beautiful reproductions of renowned artworks that illustrate their achievements and the worlds they inhabited, thereby also tracing the social functions of the portraits of reading women as well as the types of books they read. The book further explores the changing circumstances of women's access to literature and education throughout the centuries in different cultures and societies. Chronologically arranged, the volume opens in ancient times, exploring civilisations as diverse as Mesopotamia, Greece and China. It travels to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe, to modern England and America. Along the way readers are treated to profiles of Ban Zhao, Murasaki Shikibu, Christine de Pisan, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Phillis Wheatley and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among many others.

Author description

CHRISTIANE INMANN is an art consultant for private and institutional collectors around the world.