Woman artist

Have you ever pondered on what precisely it meant to be defined as a female living in the 21st century? How do you believe your response relates to your surroundings? How does creativity impact your response? What does it mean to be a creative woman versus a creative man? These questions can help us understand femininity and how creativity plays an underlying role in prevalent gender differences that we endure today. The concept of femininity is socially constructed with biological factors incorporated

objects. There was also the inference that many of the existing female singers were fairly interchangeable. Feeling a need for transformation, artists like Janis Joplin created their own musical identity. Popular songs had told women that they were sexual objects, but Joplin delved deeper than that in her lyrics. Joplin spoke of the pain of being a woman and how to live with and compensate for that pain. Most female musicians weren’t accustomed to the independent formation of identity portrayed by

On the contrast, Antinous made me feel uncomfortable, upset, and angered because its content contained several naked disproportional women bowing down to a man. Also, I was upset that the artist used so many different elements and techniques to draw attention to the naked women and away from the clothed women in the back of the artwork. Although both of these artworks contain women, one perceives women as subjective, strong powerful heroines

similar to a child timidly peeking into a candy store with their heart fluttering at the sight. The words “Pop art is for everyone” pasted in a tasteful magenta catches people’s eye as they smile upon recognizing the very famous words of contemporary artist, Andy Warhol. Inside, there’s a wall lined with the iconic Campbell Soup collection pieces in one section, a hall of socialites in the other, a gift shop tucked into a corner, and a row of the visually stunning Marilyns. Everything from the agleam

Known as one of the most famous mid twentieth-century paintings by American artist Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World grows in popularity still to this date. Christina’s World is much more than the traditional landscape painting. It features a woman named Christina, who is a key subject of the painting overall. Andrew Wyeth depicts Christina, and is able to portray her world in a detailed manner, from an outward perspective while still being able to convey the relation of his own struggles. Now residing

interpretations. (Sherman)" In 1977 artist, and feminist, Cindy Sherman created a series of untitled film stills over a five-year span. Each of these stills depicts Sherman playing a different role as a woman in society. Although Sherman did not try to portray a message of feminism in her art, it was inevitable during this time period. When looking at her stills, women now, and in the 80’s saw a message of female empowerment. They saw a beautiful, confident woman making a statement and it made them

addition to the Greek cultural objects, Professor V.S. Ramarchandran, a neuroscientist made the discovery that the artist of this era would protrude female’s breasts and stomachs because of hard wiring in the brain. I sympathize with what Professor V.S. Ramarchandran has to say, I also agree that these features were heightened to represent fertility or simply because the artist was imitating woman whom lived in their village. In the video they featured various tribes using masks as a form of spiritual art

“Woman… is the divine object, violated, endlessly sacrificed yet always reborn, whose only joy, achieved through a subtle interplay of images, lies in contemplation of herself.” (Reage, 1956) The role of woman in history has been arguable, yet at the same time, very crucial. On one hand, she‟s presented as a victim of society, helpless and hopeless amidst this patriarchal world. On the other hand, she‟ s blamed and accused of being th e root of all the problems. She‟s often sidelined because of being

Most prominent positions in early Western countries, including artists and commissioners of said art, were male, yet so much of the work that was created used the female form. The novelist and historian, Marina Warner, wrote about this phenomenon in her book, Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form, when

The Muse or Terpsichore is considered one of the most mysterious and realistic pieces of art in the Carlos Museum on Emory's campus. The Muse is a statue of a woman who is made out of marble. The statue lacks arms which adds to its mystery. Moreover, the marble itself gives the statue a rich and elegant design. As for the usage, the statute was possibly used as a decoration for homes around Greece because the statue is small and portable compared to a human size statue. The statue also has the features