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Monuments And Maidens - The Allegory Of The Female Form

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Marina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the female form, and examines the tension between women's historic and symbolic roles. Drawing on the evidence of public art, especially sculpture, and painting, poetry, and classical mythology, she ranges over the allegorical presence of the woman in the Western tradition with a sharply observant eye and a piquant and engaging style.

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Monuments And Maidens - The Allegory Of The Female Form, Marina Warner

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Pubblicato
1987
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Titolo
Monuments And Maidens - The Allegory Of The Female Form
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Picador
Pubblicato
1987
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
448
ISBN10
0330296752
ISBN13
9780330296755
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Descrizione
Marina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the female form, and examines the tension between women's historic and symbolic roles. Drawing on the evidence of public art, especially sculpture, and painting, poetry, and classical mythology, she ranges over the allegorical presence of the woman in the Western tradition with a sharply observant eye and a piquant and engaging style.