Download or read book Painting Women written by Patricia Phillippy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Phillippy's analysis of the representation of women in literature and visual arts revolves around multiple early modern senses of 'painting'. She focuses on women who paint themselves with cosmetics, women who paint on canvas and women and men who paint women, either with pigment or with words.