The history of the representation of women is one that often pictures partial and full nudity along with other explicit depictions. Some contemporary artists have chosen to respond to such conventions in similarly explicit ways. This Web site reflects both historical conventions and contemporary responses. These images can be challenging for younger viewers in particular, but each one offers the opportunity for questioning, discussing, and learning.
http://www.picturingwomen.org/home.php
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I have explored this Web site to search some challenge to start a discussion. All themes are interesting on this site and everyone offers a lot of opportunity to question.
I prefer to talk about “fashioning theme” because it seems to be remained more “unchanged” than others with the passing by time.
In fact the Fashioning theme explores how the female body is formed, deformed, and reformed by fashionable dress. It explores the tradition of the made-up and explores the notion of fashioning as creating, of women as created, generally by a male " other", because the most of painters who have painted women are male.
I think this theme actual because always in the history women are tried to modify themselves with make-up and/or “strange” and uncomfortable dresses…
On the site the pictures show this and how the women’s clothing connects with social or political issues. But also it show how creating the look which define being a woman.
In others pictures we can see how some artist have deformed the women like a caricature.
In this assignment Ihave selected "Figuring" and I have chosen between many figures the "Justaposition" by Susan Shifrin Curator.These imagines have in common the figure of the woman.
The woman has always been the figurative aim ideal of each artist in the history of art.
The imagines represented are portraits of women with many differences.
In the first figure called " Flayed Angel" G.D'Agoty utilizes convention of portraiture as well as of anatomical diagramming to create an image that is irresistibly compellling the use of color and form is shocking.
This image is disturbing and aestethically beautiful at the same time.
The Flayed Angel creates a tension between woman as angel and woman as human.
The second portrait comes from a series of 38 mezzotints but this not represents a type of women but works to create parallels and intersecation among the portrait images.In the portrait August Strobel figured the woman as the poet Sappho with her attribute of lyre.Fashioning is the use of costume.
The third figure is a chromogenic print.Mason's contemporary study of the back view of woman' s torso as 2 still life" reflects on traditions of objectifying the female body such as those exemplified in D'Agothy's " Flayed Angel".In this figure the woman has a collar and the tatoo that is very provocative!!!!!!
ERSILIA LIDO 078000005
In this assignment I have selected "Figuring" and I have chosen the "Justaposition" by Liz. The four pictures are four portraits of women.
The first portrait is by Connie Imboden and it represents a naked woman running through a wall of water and her eyes are closed.
The second picture is by the circle of Thomas Eakins. It represents a woman dressed in clothes of the late nineteenth century. Her eyes looks out of the representation, lost in thought.
The third portrait is by Merrill Mason with Aaron Igler. It represents a woman from behind and we see only the hair. On the back is a tattoo and an embroidered collar around the neck.
The fourth picture is a photograph representing Andrews Constance Jones. The woman is sitting outside, she has a white dress and her hands keep a bouquet of roses. Her gaze is downward, but seems that her eyes are closed.
I have explored the website and I didn't understand.For me is very difficult to understand an English site.But because I must to write something I can try to say my opinions on one of the topics.I chose the "fashioning theme" perhaps because it's the most current.I think that today isn't to value the woman but is value a dress that she wears.A woman isn't beautiful for itself but she is beautiful for dress that she wears.Fashion forced the woman to wear tight clothes and shoes with high heels that certainly isn't good for her health.All this give a false image of woman.
Adriana De Gennaro
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