Marina Warner Quote

The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.


Monuments And Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form (ed. Random House, 2010) - ISBN: 9781409029182


The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.

The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.

The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.

The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the mover.