In Praise of the Needlewoman Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers and Weavers in Art
by Gail Carolyn Sirna
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1858943418
- ISBN 13
- 9781858943411
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Pre-owned - one careful owner - Very Good Condition - As New
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This charming and rewarding collection of beautiful paintings celebrates the centuries-old iconography of women engaged in needlework, an activity that has always united women from all countries and in all stations of life, whether taken up for practical or artistic purposes. Artists as long ago as the Middle Ages sought to capture the needleworker's quiet concentration and domestic milieu, to convey the social and cultural connotations of this largely female domain, and its symbolic resonance. Many of the loveliest of these paintings are depicted, including works by Vermeer, Chardin, Velazquez and Dali, by the Pre-Raphaelite school and by the impressionists, in particular the works of such women artists as Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot.
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- Bookseller
- Magpie Queen apm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- APM0024
- Title
- In Praise of the Needlewoman Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers and Weavers in Art
- Author
- Gail Carolyn Sirna
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1858943418
- ISBN 13
- 9781858943411
- Publisher
- Merrell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- August 28, 2006
- Pages
- 192
- Keywords
- Needlework; Art; Paintings; Women; representation of women in art
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