[DOC] Advertising: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Winston Fletcher at Arts-Photography

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This stunningly original; kaleidoscopic novel is an inspired celebration of women reading and the artists who have caught them in the actmdash;ldquo;a vivid portrait of a timeless subjectrdquo; (Minneapolis Star Tribune).A young orphan poses for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena. A servant girl in seventeenth-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. An eighteenth-century female painter completes a portrait of a deceased poetess for her lover. A Victorian medium poses with a book in one of the first photographic studios. A girl suffering her first heartbreak witnesses intellectual and sexual awakening during the Great War. A young woman reading in a bar catches the eye of a young man who takes her picture. And in the not-so-distant future a woman navigates a cyber-reality that has radically altered the way people experience art and life. Each chapter of Katie Wardrsquo;s novel immerses readers into the intimate tales behind the creation of seven portraits by artists; ranging from Simone Martini to Pieter Janssens Elinga to a Flickr photographer. In gorgeous prose; Ward explores our points of connection; our relationship to art; the history of women; and the importance of reading. Dazzlingly inventive; this is ldquo;a fascinating testament to the universal themes of art and literature and the spirit of femininityrdquo; (BookPage).