Gender and Representation in Late 19th Century European Painting 1860-1910
ARHA 341
Fall 2005 not offered
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How does gender analysis further our understanding of late nineteenth-century French painting? In weekly readings and discussions, we will both evaluate the existing methodologies of gender analysis and identify promising new lines of inquiry. We will examine different types of female figures represented, including the mother, the prostitute, the COURTISANE, the FEMME FATALE, and the PARISIENNE, and their relationship to modernism. We will compare and contrast these female characters to male harbingers of modernity such as the FLÂNEUR and the rag picker. Our readings of these types will be nuanced, and directed to specific paintings. For example, the notion of FEMME FATALE may apply to the work of Aubrey Beardsly or Gustav Klimt, but these in no way help us get at the peculiarity of Edouard Vuillard's domestic representations. Other topics include the role of women artists, nineteenth-century notions of feminine and masculine spheres and identity, and the breakdown of these toward the end of the century. Readings will be drawn from the fields of art history, history, literature, and gender studies. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Speaking, Writing, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ART |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Tamar Garb, SISTERS OF THE BRUSH: WOMEN'S ARTISTIC CULTURE IN LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PARIS
Griselda Pollock, VISION AND DIFFERENCE: FEMININITY, FEMINISM, AND HISTORIES OF ART (1988)
Richard Kendall and Griselda Pollock, eds., DEALING WITH DEGAS: REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN AND THE POLITICS OF VISION
Simone de Beauvoir, THE SECOND SEX
Judith Butler, GENDER TROUBLE, FEMINISM AND THE SUBVERSION OF IDENTITY
Kaja Silverman, MALE SUBJECTIVITY AT THE MARGINS.
There will also be a course reader.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Several short response papers, a research paper, and a class presentation. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Previous course(s) in art history and women's studies would be helpful, though these are not formal prerequisites. |
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