In Griselda Pollock’s article Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity‚ she elaborates on her beliefs that modern art history selectively celebrates normalized gendered stereotypes of females and female artists and their works1. She makes four arguments to support her beliefs based on references to works of art and literary works. The arguments are structured in a way that allows the readers to understand them through long discussions with added evidence from referenced works or personal experience
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Modernity and the Spaces of Femininity was written by Griselda Pollock in 1988‚ and later published in The Expanding Disclosure in 1992. Griselda Pollock is an art historian‚ and writes this article for fellow art historians. This is an article written to show the different approaches to femininity in the late 19th century‚ mainly dealing with the field of art. This article shows how during this time period there were women artists‚ but due to the gendered ruled ideas attached to art history‚ these
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Ch. 3- Modernity 1. “ The gaze‚ whether institutional or individual‚ thus helps to establish relationships of power” (Sturken and Cartwright 111). I chose this quote because of the fact that it is true. Once the gaze was virtually absent from descriptions of art‚ except as an arrow in the quiver of ekphrasis. In the Imagines‚ Philostratus notes when gazes are returned or reflected (as in the case of a painting of Narcissus)‚ but he is not concerned with the narrative potential of gazing
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Appadurai‚ A 1996‚ ‘Here and Now’‚ Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization’‚ Minneapolis‚ University of Minnesota Press‚ pp. 1-23. Appadurai argued that grand Western science left not only advantages but also some possible negative impacts in the society. Indeed‚ their legacies dramatically and unprecedentedly broke the bridge between past and present‚ between tradition and modernity; and distorted social change’s essence and social politics in the past. In fact‚ this issue still
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Modernity In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ during the scientific revolution‚ the idea of modern identity‚ or Modernity‚ first began to flourish. In the beginning modernity was revolutionary. This is because for most people modernity was an idea of a greater future‚ a better tomorrow. This idea was introduced in a time where human understanding of all things started to grow and change. It was the idea of pushing the human ideas into the future‚ while challenging the traditional knowledge
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110 Descriptive Analysis November 25‚ 2012 JACKSON POLLOCK There are several artists who have influenced my work and my passion for the arts. One of my favorite is Jackson Pollock. Pollocks works inspire me to be creative even if my creativity is random. “Jackson Pollack was an American artist who had an important influence on modern painting as an important figure in the abstract expressionist movement.”(World Book) Jackson Pollock was born January 28‚ 1912 in Cody‚ Wyoming into a family
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Unit 4 Assignment “Pollock” Alison Williams The movie “Pollock” staring Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock is a story of how art was affected by an artist. The movie follows the latter years of Pollock’s life as he rises to fame as a painter but also watches him struggle with life. American artist Jackson Pollock was an alcoholic‚ manic-depressant and often an uncontrollable‚ angry and insecure man. However‚ through one woman and when he painted‚ he found a sense of freedom and peace‚ a release
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Paul Jackson Pollock was born January 28‚ 1912‚ in Cody‚ Wyoming. He grew up in Arizona and California and in 1928 began to study painting at the Manual Arts High School‚ Los Angeles. In the fall of 1930‚ Pollock moved to New York and studied under Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Benton encouraged him throughout the succeeding decade. By the early 1930s‚ Pollock knew and admired the murals of José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera. Although he traveled widely throughout the United States
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Jackson Pollock There have been many artists throughout history. Jackson Pollock was one that was known for more than just his art. Pollock came to fame in New York City during the 1940s. He lived in a small apartment‚ filled with cigarette smoke and the smell of paint. The news of war played over the radio. It was dark and barely furnished. His paintings were prominent throughout the rooms. It looked more like an art studio than a home. Pollock seemed to have no sense of time. Every day
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their business? Well‚ Griselda Blanco (The Godmother) and Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) are both known for transporting drugs and money. They also do different procedures of running their businesses and they also have similarities. Griselda started in the Medellin Cartel in the mid-1970’s in her 30’s. Joaquin started his cartel called the Sinaloa Cartel in 1989. Griselda Blanco and Joaquin Guzman have the comparison and are individuals that have committed similar crimes. Griselda Blanco was born on
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