ARTH 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter pollock: Berthe Morisot, Art History, Femininity
22 Sep 2019
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Modernity is a matter of representations and major myths of a new paris for recreation, leisure and pleasure. Olympia"s nakedness inscribed her class and debunks the mythic classlessness of sex epitomized in the image of the courtesan. These types of paintings imply a masculine viewer/consumer. These exchanges are structured by the relations of class. Berthe morisot and mary cassatt were two of the four women who were actively involved with the impressionists. Art history is structured in terms of gender power relations. We must stress the heterogeneity of women"s artwork. The spaces represented in paintings by morisot and. Cassatt are: dining rooms, drawing rooms, bedrooms, balconies and private rooms. The majority of these spaces are examples of private areas or the domestic space. A range of places and subjects were closed to them while these places were open to their male colleagues who could move freely through these spaces.
