Hardcover Book, Women In Greece And Rome, Verena Zinserling, Coffee Table Book, Illustrated, Greece and Roman Art, First Edition

Hardcover Book, Women In Greece And Rome, Verena Zinserling, Coffee Table Book, Non-Fiction, Illustrated,
Greece and Roman Art, First Edition

A wonderful hardcover book called Women In Greece And Rome by Verena Zinserling. It is a large coffee table book with beautiful illustrations. This is a 1972 First Edition. It is an ex-library book.

NOTE: This book contains images of nudity.

From the records of an age dominated by masculine values and characterized by the almost continuous exercise of the masculine arts of war, the author has undertaken the delicate task of piecing together the public and private lives of women. The author recounts stories drawn from legend and from life: of goddesses, Homeric heroines, empresses, poetesses, wives of the famous, mothers, sisters, concubines. She searches out the other class of women, ignored by history--the obscure, the dispossesses, the slaves upon who exploitation the luxuries of the powerful depended. Describing the network of laws and sanctions that deprived women of the ancient world of the means to independent action, Dr. Zinserling goes on to explore the social attitudes and family relationships that reinforced the legal codes. Finally, she discusses the spheres of activity to which woman was typically confined: home, family, matrimony, child-rearing, religious observances, beauty culture, and fashion. Supplementing her analyses with selections from poets, philosophers, and statesmen of the age, and with homely descriptions from other contemporary sources, the author presents a comprehensive picture. Many of the examples of painting and sculpture that she has chosen to illustrate the book are details of larger works--intimate portraits that invite the viewer into the lives of their subjects.

Verena Paul-Zinserling (Born in 1942) is a German classical archaeologist.

Size:
11 x 9¾ inches
111 pages
Published by Abner Schram New York -- 1972 -- First Edition

This book is in very good condition. The binding is sturdy. There are no stains in the book. It does have library stamping on the copywrite page and on the back fly leaf a library holder with card. There are tape marks on the front and back covers. The dust cover is in very good condition and covered in plastic.

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