When nineteenth-century Americans looked at a statue of a nude woman in chains, or a shipwrecked mother and child, what did they see? When they talked or wrote about them, what did they say? In this engrossing book, Joy S. Kasson argues that there was a connection between the popularity of artworks such as these, which derive from a sentimental literary culture, and the rapidly changing social, economic, and political environment that was beginning to raise questions about women's nature and role in society. By exploring ...
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When nineteenth-century Americans looked at a statue of a nude woman in chains, or a shipwrecked mother and child, what did they see? When they talked or wrote about them, what did they say? In this engrossing book, Joy S. Kasson argues that there was a connection between the popularity of artworks such as these, which derive from a sentimental literary culture, and the rapidly changing social, economic, and political environment that was beginning to raise questions about women's nature and role in society. By exploring the once-popular genre of ideal sculpture, with its focus on female subjects and its insistence on narrative content, Kasson is able to shed light on conventional assumptions about gender roles, as well as the tensions that lay behind these beliefs. Kasson reconstructs the intellectual, aesthetic, and literary contexts in which these sculptures were viewed and traces the social history of their production and reception. She shows that sculptors and audiences repeatedly idealized women as fragile, endangered, and vulnerable. Immoral or powerful women, such as Eve, Pandora, or Medea, were presented in a web of sentimental narrative that hinted at moral redemption in order to reassure viewers that woman's true nature would remain domestic and maternal. Kasson looks closely at a number of sculptures that exemplified these themes--from Hiram Power's The Greek Slave to works by the most prominent female sculptor of the period, Harriet Hosmer. Resurrecting these forgotten artworks and explicating their narrative context, she provides fresh insights into the cultural construction of gender in nineteenth-century America.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN: 9780300045963.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN: 9780300045963.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. (HALF0005)FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for a EX-Library s BOOK: Last Blank page may be Rip Off and Cover and 4 tips cover are(Good) DJ/Packaging(good) Back and Front cover are(wrinkle) All old library s book containing marker s marks, tape residue, Jacket cover s cuts off, and library s information erased with marker. if you ve received the item and you are not at most 65% satisfied with this item, return the item.
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VG (Few marks from previous gallery owner. ) Paprika cloth with white lettering; teal and orange dj with bw illustration and bw lettering; 293 pp. with 103 bw figures; weighs 2 lbs. Draws upon art history, women's history and popular culture; a study of sculpture and, correspondingly, gender roles. A thorough and fascinating study. Also a deceptively heavy book, despite its normal size, as pages are glossy.
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VG (Boards are edgeworn, with mild smudging or scuffing; interior is clean; binding is solid. ) in VG-(Edgewear, scuffing and smudging, with what appears to be glue remnants from a sticker on the top corner; fully intact. ) jacket. Red cloth boards with white lettering; turquoise and red DJ with b&w photo-illustrated DJ with white and black lettering; xviii, 293 pp.; richly illustrated. The author of this book "argues that there was a connection between the popularity of artworks such as these, which derive from a sentimental literary culture, and the rapidly changing social, economic, and political environment that was beginning to raise questions about women's nature and role in society."--DJ.
