What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann’s Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworksdrawings, paintings, photographs, and printsby iconic artists such as Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper, Suzanne Valadon, August Sander, Rembrandt, and many more. As the book’s provocative title indicates, a woman reading was once viewed as radical. In chapters, such as Intimate Moments” and The Search for Oneself,” Bollmann profiles how a woman with a book was once seen as idle or suspect and how women have gained autonomy through reading over the years. Bollmann offers intelligent and engaging commentary on each work of art in Women Who Read Are Dangerous, telling us who the subject is, her relationship to the artist, and even what she is reading. With works ranging from a 1333 Annunciation painting of the angel Gabriel speaking to the Virgin Mary, book in hand, to twentieth-century works, such as a stunning photograph of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, this appealing survey provides a veritable slideshow of the many iterations of a woman and her booka compelling subject to this day. An excellent gift for graduates, teachers, or Mother’s Day, this elegant book should appeal to anyone interested in art, literature, or women’s history.

Women Who Read Are Dangerous

Arts & Photography

Bollmann, Stefan

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

A sequel to the best-selling Women Who Read Are Dangerous, presenting portraits and profiles of fearless women writers past and present Writing has not always been considered a suitable career for women. Indeed, it was once common for women authors to adopt a masculine pseudonym in order to be taken seriously. And even today, some women writers still struggle to obtain the same recognition that is given to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, women throughout the ages have overcome these obstacles to create literature of enduring importance. This attractive book brings together paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs of some fifty outstanding women authors, from Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and George Sand to Dorothy Parker, Simone de Beauvoir, and Toni Morrison. Each image is accompanied by an engaging commentary on the writer depicted, discussing the highlights of her career and the major themes of her work. Full of insight and inspiration, this is the perfect gift for any woman who writes.

Women Who Write Are Dangerous

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

This book brings together a selection of beautiful paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs of women reading by a diverse range of artists from the Middle Ages to the present day. Works by Vermeer, Manet, and Whistler are featured alongside those of Edward Hopper and photographer Eve Arnold, among many others. Each image is accompanied by a commentary explaining the context in which it was created - who the reader is, her relationship with the artist, and what she is reading.

Reading Women

Photography & Video

Merrell Pub Ltd

Provides a look at more than seventy iconic works of art featuring women who read, from the Virgin Mary to Marilyn Monroe.

Women Who Read are Dangerous

Merrell Publishers

Les femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses

Adler, Laure

Flammarion

Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement

Les Plus Belles Lettres de femmes

À l'origine était la femme, plurielle par nature, tour à tour objet d'amour, de fascination et de crainte. De la Vénus de Willendorf, image d'un idéal féminin tout-puissant, à la Mariée de Niki de Saint-Phalle, offrant le regard de la femme artiste sur sa propre destinée, la quête de l'éternel féminin jalonne l'histoire de l'art depuis les temps les plus anciens. Figures mythiques et tutélaires, les héroïnes amoureuses, d'Eve à Rita Hayworth et de Bethsabée à Camille Claudel, se révèlent brutales ou tendres, ambitieuses parfois, mais toujours ensorceleuses : dangereuses pour les autres et pour elles-mêmes. Parcourant cette galerie des amantes fatales, Laure Adler et Élisa Lécosse proposent un décryptage passionnant d'une histoire trop longtemps laissée aux seuls mains et regards des hommes. Explorant les archétypes, les codes de l'histoire de l'art et leur détournement au fil des époques, elles analysent le lent basculement des femmes vers l'autonomie amoureuse et la reconnaissance du corps et du désir.\nFrom the Back Cover\nÀ l'origine était la femme, plurielle par nature, tour à tour objet d'amour, de fascination et de crainte. De la Vénus de Willendorf, image d'un idéal féminin tout-puissant, à la Mariée de Niki de Saint-Phalle, offrant le regard de la femme artiste sur sa propre destinée, la quête de l'éternel féminin jalonne l'histoire de l'art depuis les temps les plus anciens. Figures mythiques et tutélaires, les héroïnes amoureuses, d'Eve à Rita Hayworth et de Bethsabée à Camille Claudel, se révèlent brutales ou tendres, ambitieuses parfois, mais toujours ensorceleuses : dangereuses pour les autres et pour elles-mêmes. Parcourant cette galerie des amantes fatales, Laure Adler et Élisa Lécosse proposent un décryptage passionnant d'une histoire trop longtemps laissée aux seuls mains et regards des hommes. Explorant les archétypes, les codes de l'histoire de l'art et leur détournement au fil des époques, elles analysent le lent basculement des femmes vers l'autonomie amoureuse et la reconnaissance du corps et du désir.

Les femmes qui écrivent vivent dangereusement (French Edition)

Frauen, die lesen, sind gefährlich: Lesende Frauen in Malerei und Fotografie

Insel Verlag GmbH

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