Alchemical Feminine: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Alchemical Images Kids / Activity From major deities such as

From major deities such as Athena and Pluto to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs

' - Professor Lynette Russell

and the important but often overlooked place of ceramic sculpture within it

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this new resized edition of What Katy Did

Alchemical Feminine: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Alchemical Images Kids / Activity From major deities such asThe images of women in this pioneering volume evolved from alchemical philosophy, in which gendered and sexualised concepts are used to describe physical matter and laboratory processes. When alchemical imagery arose in the late Middle Ages, images of women developed in ways that reflected wider social pressures. Building on scholarly studies of the increasing exclusion of women from public arenas in the early modern period, 'The Alchemical Feminine'