Marble Queens and Captives: Women in Nineteenth-Century American Sculpture
Joy S. Kasson examines women in nineteenth-century American sculpture, focusing on the contrasting images evoked by marble queens and captives. Combining art history with cultural and historical context, this study considers how sculpture represented women and contributed to broader ideas about gender in nineteenth-century America.
About This Book
Marble Queens and Captives examines the representation of women in nineteenth-century American sculpture.
Joy S. Kasson places these sculptural images within the cultural and historical context of nineteenth-century America.
The book considers how figures described as queens or captives shaped understandings of women through sculpture.
It offers readers an art-historical study centered on gender, representation, and American sculpture.
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