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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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1987
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Title
Monuments And Maidens - The Allegory Of The Female Form
Language
English
Publisher
Picador
Released
1987
Format
Paperback
Pages
448
ISBN10
0330296752
ISBN13
9780330296755
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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.