Women Walking

Women WalkingAt the close of the eighteenth century, women began to discover a new sense of freedom, adventure, and self determination, simply by walking in public unaccompanied. Previously, solitary walks by women were considered unseemly. An unaccompanied hike in the country was beyond imagination; to promenade by oneself on city boulevards was unthinkable. This book features evocative paintings of women doing just that, by a range of artists, from the late

a woman reading was once viewed as radical

the victims elicit community

by a line from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

held in the LuEsther T

beginning in the sixth century B

structured layout

the legendary tattoo artists

yet often romantic

show us the country’s most famous landmarks—like the Forbidden City and the Great Wall—as we have never seen them before

and Andrew Wyeth

in which an artist’s initial drawing was translated by expert carvers into multiple printing blocks for different colors

a room-by-room pictorial survey in full color taken especially for this volume