Forbidden fruit : a history of women and books in art / Christiane Inmann.
Published / Created:
Munich ; Prestel, c2009.New York : Prestel, c2009.
Physical Description:
216 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215).
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
Women -- Portraits -- History. | Portrait painting -- History. | Women in art. | Books in art.