Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies by Catherine McCormack

Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies

Catherine McCormack

256 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art feminism informative reflective medium-paced
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Cultural archetypes have long been used to subjugate women, binding them within the restrictive roles of Venus, bride, wife, mother, and monster. These portrayals echo throughout the paintings and sculptures of western art--Titian, Botticelli, and...

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