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SLIDESHOW - Collection of stunning artworks that capture the enchantment of reading. The act of reading, especially reading that is done by a woman, is a very common subject matter throughout art history, despite the paucity of women's education throughout the centuries. The book is an “historically embedded object: embodiment of learning, symbol of wealth, icon of class, and evocation of culture” – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Reading 26 Books and readers in Art


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Arthur Bowen Davies (1862-1928) Reclining woman
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Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955) Woman with a
cat, 1921 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955) Reclining woman,
1922 The Art Institute of Chicago
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955) La femme au chat
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955) The Reader, 1924 Musée
National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
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Reading woman in front of the court house in
Providence, Rhode Island
Statue of Gabriel Mortillet, Les Arènes de
Lutèce in Paris
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Mary Azarian (born 1940) is an American woodcut
artist and children's book illustrator Woman
reading
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Vladimir Ezhakov (Russian, 1975) Romola
Jennifer Young (American)
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Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) Nude on the
beach, 1915
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Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) Summer
Reading
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Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) The garden
in June, 1911
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Mark Lague Park bench reading
Anne Pentland (American) Summer reading
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Scott Harding (American, 1965) Vintage
Semyon Bilmes (1955) Lady in a red turban
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May Vale (Australia, 1862-1945)
May Vale Girl Reading
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Thomas Sword Good (1789-1872) Study of a boy
Tate Collection
Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872) Juvenile
ambition,1825
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Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872) Portrait of
a girl reading, 1842
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Thomas Sword Good (1789-1872) A man reading Tate
Collection
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William McGregor Paxton (American, 1869-1941)
The morning paper, 1913
William McGregor Paxton American Impressionist
painter Portrait of Elizabeth Blaney
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William McGregor Paxton (18691941) The note
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William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) The
daguerreotype
The blue book
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William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) The love
letter
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William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941) Girl
arranging flowers (1922) Brooklyn Museum of Art,
New York
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Harold Knight (English, 1874-1961) Morning sun
1913
William Morris Hunt (American, 1824-1879) Girl
reading
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Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877-1942) Vilma reading
on a sofa, c 1912
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Tamara de Lempicka (Polish, 1898-1980) Graziela
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The Centennial Statue at the Coshocton Public
Library by Alan Cottrill of Zanesville, OH
Reading statue in Buen Retiro Park in Madrid,
Spain
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Statue of Mahatma Gandhi sitting and reading a
book in the Ariana park, Geneva, Switzerland. It
was unveiled on November 14th 2007, to
commemorate the 60th anniversary of Indo - Swiss
friendship. This is also a gift of the Indian
Government to the City
In front of the Timberland Regional Library in
Lacey, Washington
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Russell Sambrook (American, 1891-1956) Puppy love
an early romance
Sergey Marshennikov (Russian, 1971)
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Sergey Marshennikov (Russian, 1971)
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Sergey Marshennikov (Russian, 1971)
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Sekka Kamisaka (1866-1942) Reading lady
Momoyo Gusa
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Oleg Zhivetin (Russian, 1964) Luna
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Pablo de Pedro Martín Familia, 2009
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Femmes lisant (Deux
personnages)
Two girls reading, 1934
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Tête d'une femme lisant
Pablo de Pedro Martín Lectura , 2009
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Jean Francois Ségura (French, 1955)
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Jean Francois Ségura (French, 1955)
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Jean Francois Ségura (French, 1955)
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Jean Francois Ségura (French, 1955)
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Jean Francois Ségura (French, 1955)
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Text and pictures Internet All copyrights belong
to their respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2012
Sound Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin
Concerto in D major, Op. 35 - Canzonetta, Andante
- Vladimir Spivakov
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