A brilliant examination of the allegorical uses of the female form to be found in the sculpture ornamenting public buildings as well as throughout the history o

In early 1994 Marina Warner delivered the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC. In a series of six lectures, she takes areas of contemporary concern and relat

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Feminist analysis has shown how female images in art and advertising reveal society¿s attitudes, conscious and unconscious, towards women. This book provides a