ARTH 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Wilson, Knitting
26 Sep 2016
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72 in 3rd reading this work is appropriate as it is a woman bathing her child whose privates are covered. Mary cassatt, the bath 1892 chicago: cassatt was in uenced by japanese art, american-based artist ii. Edouard manet, the amazon, 1882 madrid i. pushing against wha women were represented like, she has a top hat and not much of feminine features. Manet, woman reading 1879-80, chicago i. she is drinking beer, in public reading which speaks to the mind, she is consuming alcohol. Picasso, the absinthe drinker 1901 i. female drinker, absent (the drink) led to death and hallucination, she has claw-like hands and a sharp face > all speaks to the effect of alcohol. Otto dix, portrait of journalist sylia von harden 1926 paris i. a lot of men died in the war so more women became part of the workforce, there was suffrage. Spatial metaphors, intersectionality in terms of representation of lesbian artists in paris.
