The reading woman has been a popular subject for painters through the ages. She is, in herself, an expression of important, unspoken cultural ideas.
The reading woman has been a popular subject for painters through the ages. She is, in herself, an expression of important, unspoken cultural ideas. Just as the reading woman sets free her imagination and becomes absorbed in the written words before her, so can we briefly enter the world depicted in each painting and take part in its narrative.
Contains 5 notecards each of the following images: Albert Bartholomé's The Artist’s Wife Reading, 1883; Mary Cassatt 's Nurse Reading to a Little Girl, 1895; James Jebusa Shannon's Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle), 1895; Louis Comfort Tiffany's Louise Tiffany, Reading, 1888.
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| Description | The reading woman has been a popular subject for painters through the ages. She is, in herself, an expression of important, unspoken cultural ideas. Just as the reading woman sets free her imagination and becomes absorbed in the written words before her, so can we briefly enter the world depicted in each painting and take part in its narrative. Contains 5 notecards each of the following images: Albert Bartholomé's The Artist’s Wife Reading, 1883; Mary Cassatt 's Nurse Reading to a Little Girl, 1895; James Jebusa Shannon's Jungle Tales (Contes de la Jungle), 1895; Louis Comfort Tiffany's Louise Tiffany, Reading, 1888. |
