Women Who Read are Dangerous - Couverture rigide

Bollman, Stefan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1858944651 ISBN 13 : 9781858944654

Editeur : Merrell Publishers Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Bollmann Stefan

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Artists have long sought to capture the intimacy and tranquillity of reading in their work. There was a time, however, when female literacy was a radical idea, and women have certainly not always been free to read whatever they want, whether for pleasure or instruction. This highly acclaimed book presents a compelling selection of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs of women reading through the ages. Works by a diverse range of artists, from Vermeer, Manet and Whistler to Edward Hopper and photographer Eve Arnold, are accompanied by commentaries that explain the context in which each image was created. Also featuring a foreword by the novelist Karen Joy Fowler and an engaging introduction exploring reading as a female pursuit, Women Who Read Are Dangerous will appeal to book lovers everywhere.

Revue de presse :

Women Who Read Are Dangerous. What a title! I don't mind admitting that I would have bought it for that alone. But once inside, I found it was my perfect book in other ways, too, containing as it does, a feast of beautiful paintings of women reading by artists such as Felix Vallotton, Edouard Vuillard, Henri Matisse and Duncan Grant, and a politely fiery text which serves to remind one that, in the not too dim and distant past, for a woman to be seen absorbed in a book was considered at best a selfish act and at worst a subversive one. So I grabbed it. Christmas shopping... For me! --Rachel Cook, The Observer, 29th November 2009

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Merrell Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1858944651
• ISBN 13: 9781858944654
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160