‘Traditional art is culturally significant. Fine art references to European traditions are in oil paintings, sculpture or architecture.’ (eHow, Undated). For hundreds of years women have had very few rights and were expected to be submissive to male figures. They were confined to their ‘traditional gender roles’. Art is an expression of someone’s point of view or beliefs. It has been said that western/traditional European art in particular is an expression of the values and beliefs of the upper class men. Between the 14th and 19th centuries are seen as powerful mediums of ho men depicted women. For example; the paintings showed women either not being equal to men, or them being make and in a provocative pose. Each of the paintings with women as subjects represents different portrayals of womanhood, such as wife/assistant/mother, a passive object and either the women as nature or femme fatale.
The different ways women are portrayed through traditional European art and what are the social consequences of these portrayals? Women are probably the most favoured subjects for male painters, and were painted in their raw form. In most paintings women can be seen as objects or something to look at and appreciate, not for who they really are. …show more content…
The women is fully clothed, however sitting down which can be seen as being a lesser person because the sevent is on the same level as her and the two males are standing up. This particular painting is called, ‘The Temple Family’, They are all well presented, and dressed in proper attire; This particular painting was started in 1780 and it took two years to be fully completed. This family portrait has been said to have be painted for the portrait room at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. The inclusion of the Medici Vase behind the family is a reminder of the Italianate gardens at
The different ways women are portrayed through traditional European art and what are the social consequences of these portrayals? Women are probably the most favoured subjects for male painters, and were painted in their raw form. In most paintings women can be seen as objects or something to look at and appreciate, not for who they really are. …show more content…
The women is fully clothed, however sitting down which can be seen as being a lesser person because the sevent is on the same level as her and the two males are standing up. This particular painting is called, ‘The Temple Family’, They are all well presented, and dressed in proper attire; This particular painting was started in 1780 and it took two years to be fully completed. This family portrait has been said to have be painted for the portrait room at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. The inclusion of the Medici Vase behind the family is a reminder of the Italianate gardens at