My chosen topic will be based on how women have been discriminated by society throughout the years. Women have always been judged and oppressed from certain things that men do not want to see them do. Back in the day, men used to paint women as sex images for their own self-satisfaction. Women had no say in this and could not protest against them instead they were painted as if they were the ones looking for attention by men. As new techniques were learned by painters, new ways were being created to keep showing women as a sex appeal. Women never had a say in society until they were given they're rights in 1964. Before that however, women have been discriminated in various ways. Even after the civil rights movement women were still being discriminated because they were not able to be seen as independent figures. Women have always been seen as being a house wife only and were never given the chance to prove themselves otherwise. Many women artists had to live through this and they express their feelings through their paintings. Now-a-days, the image of a woman is carefully scrutinized and those who are not seen as "perfect" are being discriminated by society. We see this through magazines, books, T.V shows, etc. for this part I will be showing pictures and videos about the image of a woman.
I will include paintings made by men and women who show how the image of a woman is used negatively. One example being the painting of "
Susana and the Elders" made by Tintoretto in 1655 and Artemisia Gentileschi in 1610. I will also talk about the role of high class women in the 1800's and will include the painting of Edith Hayllar "
Feeding the Swans" made in 1889. Another painting being, Alice Barber's "
The Female Life Class" that was made in 1879 to show how women were being used as nude models in art and how that could relate to contemporary women that will do the same for social media. Magazine articles will be presented alongside the essay I will be writing this presentation on.
Sources:
Artemisia Gentileschi 1610: Susana and The Elders
Tintoretto 1655: Susana and The Elders
Edith Hayllar 1889: Feeding The Swans
Alice Barber 1879: The Female Life Class
I like how you address the issue of how women have been viewed by society for such a long time. I also like that you mention the discrimination of women and how women have always been viewed as the house wife or a sexual object and how because of this they have never been able to prove themselves for positions in secular work.
ReplyDeleteI think an essay is a good approach to this kind of comparative analysis. We have done lots of these comparisons in class already. Please be sure to expand on these and to find lots of scholarship to support your analysis. I don't see any research here. Have you already found the research and all the examples you will be including? Please update this post with your bibliography and the examples you are using exactly. I would suggest maybe 4 pairs maximum for your essay.
ReplyDelete"I will include paintings made by men and women who show how the image of a woman is used negatively. " Do you mean that both examples will present women negatively or the will stand in contrast and one will be positive and one negative?
You are lacking any real research. You need to get to this asap. Are you using only the Chadwick book? This is not very broad research.
Please focus your ideas and flush them out. Who are you making this for? Where will you try to publish it?
I think this is a unique angle on tackling the apparent discrimination against women in earlier periods of history on the feild of arts. The comparative analysis of the subjectivization of women in art is an interesting topic, and it will bring a lot of arguments in the table from both sides. Art can be a touchy subject when it comes to integrating them with studies and insights on social dilemmas, but I'm sure ou would make a productive discussion out of this one. How I wish I was a part of these classes!
ReplyDeleteChristian Pearson @ LWVofSouthWestNassau.org