HISTART 180C Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Male Companion
20 Oct 2016
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History of art 180c lecture 13 modernity and women artists. Renoir, the loge, 1874: the women is placed next to the man in a such a way that has implications on her virtue, role, and sexuality. Manet, portrait of monet painting in his studio, 1874: manet creates a social situation within the studio. Camille as the wife of a landscape painter: manet turns a simple landscape scene into a social critique on the status and role of the misfit woman. Marie bashkirtseff, self portrait, 1880: encumbered by the necessity of a male companion, the mess and sensual play of the impasto on her palot. Constructions of gender and stereotypes are inconsistent, yet important. In the heyday of the academy, women were relegated to lesser genres landscape, still-life, genre. When the trends shift towards the lesser genres, women are locked out of such scenes as well. Eva gonzales, box at the italian opera, 1874.
