Queen of Arts
women artists playing cards
$24.30
- Cards
116 pages
- Release Date
23 October 2024
Summary
The Art Herstory Deck: Meet the Queens of Creativity
Reshuffle art history with Queen of Arts, a beautifully illustrated deck of playing cards and book spotlighting the lives, work and legacies of fifty-four remarkable women.
Did you know that the four suits of a modern-day deck of playing cards once represented the four classes of society in medieval France? Hearts represented the clergy, Spades the nobility, Diamonds the merchants and Clubs the peasants. A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500421079 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500421072 |
| Author: | Lydia Miller, Laura Callaghan |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Cards |
| Number of Pages: | 116 |
| Release Date: | 23 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 144mm x 108mm |
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About The Author
Lydia Miller
Lydia Miller, Assistant Curator at Pallant House Gallery, holds a PhD in History of Art from the University of York. Previously, she was Chanel Assistant Curator for the Reframing Narratives: Women in Portraiture project at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She is also the author of Inspirational Women: Rediscovering Stories in Art, Science and Social Reform.
Laura Callaghan is an Irish illustrator based in Belfast, renowned for her visually rich female-centric illustrations, hand painted in watercolour, gouache and isograph pen.
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