Exhibit:

The Male and Female Gaze

Preview of images

A bride signs the wedding register in front of her husband and the officiant; friends and family in the background. A groom and bride heading to the courthouse are interrupted by another man. The wedding day of a young, unhappy bride with an older man. An upset bride with her father and mother.

 

Create galleries of images related to The Woman Question by researching and gathering images related to our readings here. Please see the assignment prompt in Canvas for more info.

Images in this Exhibit

The Pure and Unhappy Brides
A bride signs the wedding register in front of her husband and the officiant; friends and family in the background. A groom and bride heading to the courthouse are interrupted by another man. The wedding day of a young, unhappy bride with an older man. An upset bride with her father and mother.

Introduction to Gallery

Throughout history, marriage has been seen as a special moment for women. It’s a day when a woman is dressed up, doted on by her family and friends, and is obtaining what people believe women want: a husband, and to become a mother.  As Jerome Nadelhaft stated in his book, The Englishwoman’s Sexual Civil War: Feminist Attitudes towards Men, Women, and Marriage 1650-1740, “Their hot, moist humors made them overly passionate and emotional, sometimes more violent and rebellious. They were chatterers and scolds, flirts, and...
Rossetti's Goblins, Gorgons, and a Rebuke of Rape Culture

Introduction

CW: heavy discussions of rape, rape culture, and victim blaming.

A 1993 anthology titled Transforming a Rape Culture spearheaded discourse of the weaponized society against women that we inhabit. Editors define rape culture as, “a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women. It is a society where violence is seen as sexy and sexuality as violent…A rape culture condones physical and emotional terrorism against women as the...
Women and Violence: From Objects to Agents

Introduction

Through comparison of male and female-created artworks of Judith beheading her rapist, Holofernes, male ideology of women's emotional capacity being limited to that of embodying good, moral centers with demure and gentle dispositions can be observed through the differing depictions of Judith, her maidservant, and Holofernes. Even in the event of a woman beheading her rapist, male artists work to frame it in a light that fits within their patriarchal ideologies. In Artemesia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes...