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