Week 10 - Postmodernism III: Feminist and Queer Critiques of Modernism

relation between (connection)

discrimination
fighting for their rights

social history

study of ordinary people

post modernism

rejecting the old (make it new)

Why have there been no great woman artist?

How could this point about ‘art fathers’ change our perspective on art history?

written by men, male dominated
only art fathers
only the male families benefit off of the ‘fathers’ career
supportive male family members, was nesacary for succession
woman could be nudes but not draw nudes
woman start behind the starting line

Nochlin poses the idea that it would be wrong to insist that there have been great woman artist. Why?

there has been no great woman artist (not to the same level as Michelangelo and Van Gogh)
If you start listing artist you don’t understand and fall for the trap
artist cannot control when they become famous (mostly is after their death do they become famous)
Discrimination and lack of rights stops them from being or becoming great

Woman artist?

adapting to masculine attributes and ideas to become great
acceptation to the rule that maintains the status quo
Acceptation that is proving the rule (woman do not usually wear paints)

Assessment

Week 6: topic 5

Compare and contrast representations of the human body by German Expressionists and Postwar Expressionists in Paris. What did their depictions of the body reveal about their views of society?

Week 7: topic 6

Using case studies from any of the many art forms with which Futurists engaged, describe how close, in your view, the movement was to Italian Fascism. Your essay should incorporate responses to the two following questions: Were all Futurists fascists? Did Mussolini's fascist government support the movement?

Bib assessment