Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies Barbara Heller Wells weaves together colorful

Wells weaves together colorful

Recommended for ages 9-12 years

then place them in the right spots for each puzzle

a comprehensive explanation of each card’s composition

codified by patriarchal culture

Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies Barbara Heller Wells weaves together colorfulArt historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives. Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monsterwomen have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them. Catherine McCormack illuminates the assumptions behind these stereotypes whether writ large or subtly hidden. She ranges through Western artthink Titian, Botticelli, and