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Embroiderers, Knitters, and Weavers in Art
by Gail Carolyn Sirna
$34.89 CDN
$34.95 US
192 pgs, colour photos, hardcover
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Category: knitting books
In the Author's Words.....
"The paintings I have identified date back as far as the 1400's, showing that women were doing handwork then, just as now. The artists who painted these women are from all over the Western world, and indeed the Eastern world too. ...it is my observation that in all cultures, and in all times, there is an imperiative to take needle and thread in hand and produce something either useful or decorative."(pg 11)
From the publisher.....
"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 artisitc purposes. Artists as long ago as the Middle Ages sought to capture the needle-worker'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, Velasquez 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.
- Over 80 beautiful paintings from the history of Western art depicting women engaging in needlework.
- Based on extensive research by an award-winning needleworker.
- The perfect gift for needleworkers and for anyone interested in women's history and the representation of women in art. "
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