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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)704.9424The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts Special topics in fine and decorative arts Iconography Human figures and their partsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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