内容简介
Aselectionofsixtypowerfullyseductivewomen,fromBiblicaltimestothepresentday,featuringmythicalandrealheroines.Themostmemorablestoriesthroughouthistoryfeatureapowerful,seductivewomanwhohasanirresistibleholdoverthemaninherlife.ThealluringCleopatra,likeHelenofTroy,inspiredloverstothebattlefieldinabravedisplayofloyalty.EveandPandorawreackedhavocwhentheytemptedmentodefythelawsoftheday.TraitorousDalilabroughttheall-powerfulSamsontohiskneesasshedivestedhimofhismagicalmane.LovesickJulietandHamlet’sOpheliachosedeathoverlifeinacourageousdisplayofhonortotheirforbiddenpassion.TheenchantingScheherazadeofOneThousandandOneNightssavedherselffromcertaindeaththroughherexceptionalcapacityforstorytelling.Eachofthesewomenwasbraveandsteadfast,andtheirstorieshaveinspiredartiststhroughoutthehistoryofart.Inthisgalleryoffemmesfatales,feministhistorianLaureAdlerguidesusthroughtheagestorediscoverincredibleheroines.TheirstoriesareillustratedwithiconicworksbymasterssuchasdaVinci,Michelangelo,Botticelli,Rubens,Goya,Sargent,Picasso,Dali,Warhol,SaintPhalle,andTraceyEmin.