Art :: Art Through the Ages
Art as the arbitrator of taste, high society, and beauty have evolved through the ages. Historically it's been the female as object more than subject. Only in recent years with the advent of feminism and the re-valuation of female art and work that female artists have gained prominence. Female artists have carved a space in art in recent years but male work still dominate the art and cultural scene.
Women In Art
Watch this video of moving female portraits in Western art history in the last 500 years. It's about how influence and lineage of art - that one piece of work informs another, one idea inspires another. See if you can identify the great artists who have created these portraits of beautiful women through the ages. The collection of paintings also speak to the way women have been seen through the ages by men, the changing standard of beauty and fashion.
