Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form Book

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. Read More

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  • 0520227336
  • 9780520227330
  • M Warner
  • 1 July 2010
  • University of California Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 440
  • 1st U.S. Pbk. Prtg
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