An elegant survey of more than 70 works of art featuring women reading, by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne Valadon, August Sander, Rembrandt, and many more. An excellent gift for graduates, teachers, or Mother's Day, this elegant book should appeal to anyone interested in art, literature, or women's history.
Stefan Bollmann and Karen Joy Fowler
An elegant survey of more than 70 works of art featuring women reading.
What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks-drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints-by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne Valadon, August Sander, Rembrandt, and many 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 gained autonomy through reading. Bollmann offers intelligent and engaging commentary on each work of art in Women Who Read Are Dangerous, telling us who the subject is, what her relationship to the artist was, and even what she is reading. With works ranging from a 1333 Annunciation painting of the angel Gabriel speaking to the Virgin Mary, who holds a book, to 20th-century works, such as a stunning photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, this appealing survey, with a foreword by Karen Joy Fowler, provides a veritable slideshow of the many iterations of a woman and her book-a compelling subject to this day.
An excellent gift for graduates, teachers, or Mother's Day, this elegant book should appeal to anyone interested in art, literature, or women's history.
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| Description | Stefan Bollmann and Karen Joy Fowler An elegant survey of more than 70 works of art featuring women reading. What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks-drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints-by iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne Valadon, August Sander, Rembrandt, and many 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 gained autonomy through reading. Bollmann offers intelligent and engaging commentary on each work of art in Women Who Read Are Dangerous, telling us who the subject is, what her relationship to the artist was, and even what she is reading. With works ranging from a 1333 Annunciation painting of the angel Gabriel speaking to the Virgin Mary, who holds a book, to 20th-century works, such as a stunning photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, this appealing survey, with a foreword by Karen Joy Fowler, provides a veritable slideshow of the many iterations of a woman and her book-a compelling subject to this day. An excellent gift for graduates, teachers, or Mother's Day, this elegant book should appeal to anyone interested in art, literature, or women's history.
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