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010      2009929420 
020    9783791340777 
020    3791340778 
035    (OCoLC)351307385 
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050  4 ND1329.3.W6|bI56 2009 
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100 1  Inmann, Christiane. 
245 10 Forbidden fruit :|ba history of women and books in art /
       |cChristiane Inmann. 
264  1 Munich ;|aNew York :|bPrestel,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    216 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c29 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  First steps: from the cradle of civilization to the Middle
       Ages -- Piety and luxury: women reading in the sixteenth 
       through eighteenth centuries -- Connecting with books: the
       nineteenth century -- Reading becomes art: the twentieth 
       century. 
520    Throughout the ages, from Sappho to Mary Wollstonecraft, 
       extraordinary women have exposed other women to the world 
       of letters and the freedom it brings. This unique cross-
       cultural account highlights the accomplishments of women 
       writers and educated women, and provides beautiful 
       reproductions of renowned artworks that illustrate their 
       achievements and the worlds they inhabited, thereby also 
       tracing the social functions of the portraits of reading 
       women as well as the types of books they read. The book 
       further explores the changing circumstances of women's 
       access to literature and education throughout the 
       centuries in different cultures and societies. 
       Chronologically arranged, the volume opens in ancient 
       times, exploring civilizations as diverse as Mesopotamia, 
       Greece and China. It travels to the Middle Ages and 
       Renaissance Europe, to modern England and America. Along 
       the way readers are treated to profiles of Ban Zhao, 
       Murasaki Shikibu, Christine de Pisan, Jane Austen, the 
       Brontë sisters, Phillis Wheatley and Harriet Beecher Stowe
       , among many others. Artworks featuring reading women 
       range from Pompeii frescoes to important works by artists 
       through the centuries, including Hans Holbein, Thomas 
       Gainsborough, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Gustav Klimt, 
       Edvard Munch, Roy Lichtenstein, Balthus and Gerhard 
       Richter. The result is a beautifully illustrated cultural 
       history of women reading, as fascinating and inspiring as 
       the accomplishments it honours. 
650  0 Women|vPortraits|xHistory. 
650  0 Portrait painting|xHistory. 
650  0 Women in art. 
650  0 Books in art. 
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