figurines & knick knacks
the reading woman engagement calendar
the reading woman has long intrigued artists who have depicted her in all manner of settings at a table in a comfortable chair alone or with others and have managed to draw us in to the mysteries of her world . the thirty artists represented in this calendar among them mary stevenson cassatt frederick childe hassam carl larsson pierre auguste renoir james jacques joseph tissot and vincent van gogh have all turned an affectionate eye to the reading woman . spanning time and place from the eighteenth century to the twentieth and russia to europe to america the thirty two images attest to the universal artistic appeal of a woman with a book . accompanying each image are a few words about the pleasures of reading . also included a brief introduction double page 2010 and 2011 yearly grids fifty four weekly grids twelve full page monthly grids lists of international holidays and calling codes time differences pages for notes and a personal information page .