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In 1971, Linda Nochlin issued her article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? This idea of aesthetic genius, says Nochlin, is fiction. Art is rarely produced entirely by the artist for the idea of personal expression. Few identifiers in contemporary art have been as fraught as the term feminist art. What does it mean, who defines it, and how does it relate to past accomplishments of the feminist movement?

The question of “why feminism?” has been presented to a number of female artists who deal with strong constructions of gender in their work. The answer, overwhelmingly, has been the desire to modify stereotypes about women that have prevailed in male-dominated art history. In the 1960’s, women who explored “feminist” issues in their art were criticized, causing mass mobilization and conscious raising as to what, exactly, was the purpose of feminist art (Crowell, 1991). Since that time, women have been trying desperately to overturn the art world and rescind the traditional stereotypes and images that have plagued them. Feminist artists created somewhat of a unified front during that

Pollock is known as one of the most influential scholars of modern, avant garde, postmodern and contemporary art. “Griselda Pollock continually challenges the dominant museum models of art and history that have been so excluding of women’s artistic contributions and articulates the complex relations between femininity, modernity, psychoanalysis and representation.” (Boundless, 2015) She is known as a major influence in feminist theory, gender studies and feminist art history. Griselda Pollock’s approach to art history and criticism utilises the central tenets of Marxism critical approach to society and culture, extending the existing framework of historical materialism to compose new feminist analyses of sexuality and gender identity. Pollock embraces the Marxist assertion that society is structured by relations of material inequality, but contends that society is equally structured by sexual inequality and gender divisions. Pollock determines that the exclusion and denigration of female artists in art history is a product of the patriarchal structure of bourgeois ideology. Despite women being involved in art making, twentieth century art history continues to define the artist and the artwork as a masculine phenomenon. As art and culture is marketed and produced by a culture industry that exists to perpetuate and reinforce bourgeois culture, hegemonic art history and criticism actively works to justify this

Masculinity is represented in various ways within The Lais of Marie de France. Masculinity is sometimes depicted in untraditional ways through animal representation, the dominance of women, and in negative a light through the prideful and selfish acts of the male characters. The qualities, which are often seen as manly, are quite apparent in an animalistic form of masculinity in the deer in “Guigemar,” in comparison to the female lover. The women in “Lanval” show a sense of manhood in their authority and power over the situations of the story. “Les Deus Amanz” tells a poignant story of two men, and how their over masculine traits of pride, jealousy, and possessiveness lead them to the exact places in which they were avoiding all along. All

The article “The National Conversation in the Wake of Littleton is Missing the Mark" By Jackson Kats and Sut Jhally is about finding the cause of violence and relating it to students who dispense harm to society, as well as other students. There is a focus on masculinity, along with behavior and how that behavior is being influenced by the environment. The article focuses on factors such as peer exclusion, the prevalence of violence in the media and most importantly, violence in relation to gender. .

LES FLANEUSES (2008) by Ghada Amer, this piece of art actually exemplifies a huge movement of feminism and feminist art that promotes equality between men and women in the workplace, at home, and in society in general. A “flantur” is a French

To read Babio without recognizing the gender politics at work in the play would disregard much of how the play itself creates meaning. So much of the play’s plot and character dynamics are related to the way gender functions in this play. One major theme of Babio is the idea of masculinity and how masculinity is defined. Through the portrayal of Babio as an effeminate character, Babio is able to define masculinity through absences in Babio’s Character. Consequently, Babio makes the additional point that lovesickness is not an intrinsic aspect of medieval masculinity, despite the fact that love sickness is often attributed to men.

Seeing all the ways masculinity is performed and expected really made it clear to me the way everyone performs masculinity in society, especially in terms of holding back emotions. In The Mask You Live In, they discuss how by the age of ten, boys are socialized into believing it is not okay to cry in public because emotions, especially sadness, are seen as feminine and weak. While this especially affects boys and men, it also affects anyone trying to gain power in society. Women have to perform masculinity in order to be seen as competent, respectable, and strong if they ever want to hold a position of power. For example, if a female politician shows any strong emotion, they would be seen as emotionally unstable and therefore unfit for the position.

The nature of the self is what controls one's instincts like reacting violently and it is largely influenced by internal and external factors including destructive societal pressure. In the documentary The Mask You Live In, it provides the idea that masculinity in modern society is highly emphasized, causing several destructive effects. For example, males from a young age are often taught to behave like a "Real man" who is not allowed to shed tears publically. As a result of these masculinity "Rules", men always tend to hide away their emotions afraid that it will challenge societal beliefs. Over a long-term, boys who endure these external pressures experience longlasting toxic outcomes including becoming self-enclosed.

The history of mankind has often been captured in snapshots between the rise and fall of great leaders and civilizations, by artists all with a common dream of portraying what they saw during their times. Ideologies reflective of their societies were depicted through sculptures, frescoes, pottery, paintings, and many other methods. Many of these principals were created, celebrated, and popularized by constituents of societies where andocentric values were applied not only to social and political mores, but also to the various art forms as the male body was cherished and praised and the female body was hidden away from public view. The book Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany edited by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrad, strives

When T.S. Eliot decided to title his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" what was the purpose? After reading the poem, we are not filled with joy, warmth, and tenderness that a love song might typically give us- what we as readers are expecting upon reading the title. However, in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", Eliot illustrates the toxicity of fragile masculinity. What the poem tends to actually deal with are the struggles of a man who is emotionally distanced and grappling with difficulties showing his love for women due to his insecurities and self-consciousness.

Patriarchy, a system in which the father or eldest male is head of the family, has defined manhood ever since the American Revolution. "Men were socialized to think of themselves as breadwinners,” providing for the family’s physical, and financial needs and “women with the round of cooking, house cleaning, and mending,” performing all the domestic chores, including child-care. This difference was essential in creating an image of the Ideal American man. However, the Great Depression heavily challenged and complicated this culture of masculinity. The stock market crash wiped investments clean, businesses failed to function and

The media use to always publish stories about the reality star Kim Kardashian, regarding how she earns fame and riches by soliciting her body. Last year she participated in a photo shot for Paper Magazine showing off her back side causing a big commotion of fans and critics opinions. Kim Kardashian broke the internet with her controversy pic of her balancing a bottle of champagne on her butt. However, there is a more sinister implications of the imagery, which cause issues of racial mockery and refeminization. "Bustle." Bustle. Web. 20 Dec. 2015. It showed how women bodies are viewed in public forums and how controlling images like this defeminizes women and their bodies. Not to mention how the media historically portrayed women bodies, with

I am going to structure this essay to answer the question ‘How has Feminist Art impacted upon feminism?’. In this essay I am going to discuss the issues of inequality within the art world and the world in general and how Feminist Art has overcome some of these past issues. I am going to discuss the work of The Guerrilla Girls, Judy Chicago and Linder Sterling and how I believe these artists changed the inequality that lingered in the art world.

I feel that Louise Bourgeois and Constantine Brancusi’s abstractions are more powerful than straightforward depictions of the male and female body because it is aesthetically appealing/disturbing and also recognizable body part towards the viewer. An example of powerful abstract art is Louise Bourgeois’s Cumul I, which is clever disgusted as cumulus that contains breasts and penises. In the art, there is an overlapping of genders that shows the clash of male vs female, it can be also be interpreted as a spider. I believe this piece of art is very powerful because of the metaphor part of human body part and the implied Freudian concept of her childhood adds a deeper meaning to her artwork.