MDSB62H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jack Shaheen, Sut Jhally, Visual Rhetoric
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In john berger s ways of seeing, he presents theories that suggest the objectification. April 15, 2011 of women in traditional western art. What he looks at is mainly european nude oil paintings where the subject is almost always a female subject being seen. Auguste leroux s the mirror is a great example that can be used to demonstrate these theories. Berger says the presence of men and women are different. In that, the presence of men is created by what they can offer or do to you and women is made up of what can and cannot be done to them. Men s presence can exist in many forms moral, economic, emotional, etc. however this is not the same case with women. Women s presence is created by how she acts and viewed. We can clearly see that women and men are treated differently and that there is inequality between the two sexes in implications in artwork and society.
