In Praise of the Needlewoman: Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers, and Weavers in Art by Gail Carolyn Sirna
This charming and rewarding collection of beautiful paintings celebrates the centuries-old iconography of women engaged in needlework, an activity that has always united women from all countries and in all stations of life, whether taken up for practical or artistic purposes. Artists as long ago as the Middle Ages sought to capture the needleworker's quiet concentration and domestic milieu, to convey the social and cultural connotations of this largely female domain, and its symbolic resonance. Many of the loveliest of these paintings are depicted, including works by Vermeer, Chardin, Velazquez and Dali, by the Pre-Raphaelite school and by the impressionists, in particular the works of such women artists as Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot.
Stunning - THE LADY This beautiful new book would make a lovely Christmas gift for embroiderers everywhere - fascinating reading for stitchers - CROSS STITCH GOLD
Gail Carolyn Sirna is an award-winning embroiderer and a regular columnist for Needlepoint Now. A teacher of needlework for more than twenty-five years, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from America's National Academy of Needle Arts in 2004.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781858943411 |
| ISBN 10 | 1858943418 |
| Title | In Praise of the Needlewoman: Embroiderers, Knitters, Lacemakers, and Weavers in Art |
| Author | Gail Carolyn Sirna |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Merrell Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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