Leo, Michael, Tom, Damian and Sylvia
thanks for the suggestions regarding images of older women/men.
I have looked at the images and will research further.
cheers
Eva
On 30 Mar 2008, at 09:54, Duff, Leo wrote:
> I would suggest that you contact Prof Deanna Petherbridge, who has
> made extensive study of the depiction of older women in art,
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> Subject: Re: art / women : the QUESTION with my best wishes and
> thanksfor attention
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> Franz Hals has some good images of older women. Albrect Durer's
> image of his mother. I also think Peter Brueghel has some in his
> village scenes.
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> On 3/27/08 4:25 PM, "dep2" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I am not aware of images in art that depict older women except for
> Hellenistic sculpture
> Excluding feminist work, does anybody know of any such images in
> art history?
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> On 27 Mar 2008, at 10:59, Karen Wallis wrote:
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> I have no problem with the canon - i.e. how art has been made in
> the past. All the original paintings in this piece were made in
> the cultures of their time and can be appreciated for what they
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> What bothers me is the ageist, and probably sexist, attitude of
> the person who has used these images from the past to make his own
> work in today's current cultural climate - in which many of us
> expect a degree of sensitivity towards others outside the dominant
> white, male, euro-centric culture of the past.
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> On 27/3/08 07:52, "Sylvia CORNET" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> THE " adequate " MEASURES,
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> IN FRENCH : LE CANON....
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> what is your opinion about " le canon " ...
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> Le 26 mars 08 à 12:44, Karen Wallis a écrit :
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> Very interesting - but the way the eyes engage with the viewer
> makes me think that perhaps it should be called 'Young Women in
> Art' or 'Girls in Art'...
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