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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Monuments and maidens.".
- catalog contributor b512424.
- catalog created "1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1985.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 377-400.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Pt. one: The female presence today. The monument (New York) -- The street (Paris) -- The front page (London) -- Pt. two: the figure in myth. Engendered images -- The bed of Odysseus -- The aegis of Athena -- The goddess of success -- The sword of justice -- Lady Wisdom -- Pt. three: The body in allegory. The making of Pandora -- The sieve of Tuccia -- The slipped chiton -- Nuda veritas -- Epilogue: the eyes of Tiresias.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 417 p., [48] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0689116454 :".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Atheneum,".
- catalog subject "Allegories.".
- catalog subject "Arts.".
- catalog subject "Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)".
- catalog subject "N7630 .W37 1985".
- catalog subject "NX650.F45 W3 1985".
- catalog subject "Signs and symbols.".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in art.".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Visual communication.".
- catalog subject "Women Mythology.".
- catalog subject "Women in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. one: The female presence today. The monument (New York) -- The street (Paris) -- The front page (London) -- Pt. two: the figure in myth. Engendered images -- The bed of Odysseus -- The aegis of Athena -- The goddess of success -- The sword of justice -- Lady Wisdom -- Pt. three: The body in allegory. The making of Pandora -- The sieve of Tuccia -- The slipped chiton -- Nuda veritas -- Epilogue: the eyes of Tiresias.".
- catalog title "Monuments & maidens : the allegory of the female form / Marina Warner.".
- catalog title "Monuments and maidens.".
- catalog type "text".