Well-Read Women: Portraits of Fiction's Most Beloved Heroines Contributor(s): Hahn, Samantha (Author) |
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ISBN: 1452114153 ISBN-13: 9781452114156 Publisher: Chronicle Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Watercolor Painting - Art | History - General |
Dewey: 759.13 |
LCCN: 2012044094 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.7" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 112 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A treasure of a gift for the well-read woman, this collection brings together 50 stirring portraits, in watercolor and in word, of literature's most well-read female characters. Anna Karenina, Clarissa Dalloway, Daisy Buchanan...each seems to live on the page through celebrated artist Samantha Hahn's evocative portraits and hand-lettered quotations, with the pairing of art and text capturing all the spirit of the character as she was originally written. The book itself evokes vintage grace reimagined for contemporary taste, with a cloth spine silkscreened in a graphic pattern, debossed cover, and pages that turn with the tactile satisfaction of watercolor paper. In the hand and in the reading, here is a new classic for the book lover's library. |