This week Zoe dissects a common art historical motif from a feminist- the muse. Zoe unveils the identity behind the anonymous and elusive muses’ we’ve worshiped throughout art history and discusses how modern feminism plays into the interpretation and reception of the concept of the muse. Sources:https://hyperallergic.com/489124/matisse-odalisque-norton-simon-museum/https://www.artandobject.com/articles/problem-muse-art-historyhttps://christopherpjones.medium.com/picasso-primitivism-and-the-rights-and-wrongs-of-cultural-appropriation-1f964fa61ceehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/picasso-nude-auction-me-too_n_5af09dcfe4b0ab5c3d687528https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-bled-the-women-in-his-life-for-art/https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-enduring-appeal-of-the-misogynist-picasso-20220609-p5asm4https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/art-politics/the_picasso_problem_why_we_shouldnt_separate_the_art_from_the_artists_misogyny-55120https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/sex-on-the-canvas-picasso-s-most-erotic-year-laid-bare-1.3392315https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140701-who-was-the-mysterious-girlhttps://slate.com/culture/2013/10/vermeers-daughter-was-the-girl-with-the-pearl-earring-and-painted-later-vermeer-works.html#:~:text=But%20the%20evidence%20suggests%20Vermeer's,currently%20assigned%20to%20her%20fatherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondohttps://www.google.com/search?q=who+is+mona+lisa&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS808US808&oq=who+is+mona+lisa&aqs=chrome..69i57.4412j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/07/google-autocomplete-why-mona-lisa-smilinghttps://www.britannica.com/art/Pre-Raphaelite-Brotherhoodhttps://artsandculture.google.com/story/iwJi7e0NP5QwKghttps://marinamade.me/2017/08/10/lizzie-siddal-pre-raphaelite-muse-artist/https://marinamade.me/2016/12/11/fanny-eaton-pre-raphaelite-muse/https://www.nancyhinmantherapy.com/the-ophelia-complexhttps://www.nancyhinmantherapy.com/the-ophelia-complexhttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/design/klimts-women-real-and-on-canvas.html#:~:text=Lloyd%20avers%20that%20while%20Klimt's,question'%20that%20are%20far%20fromhttps://medium.com/@ruiyuliu_17933/an-empowering-tale-of-femme-fatales-gustav-klimts-female-eroticism-642f2e30ecf0https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2014/04/grand-unified-theory-female-painhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/8qwp9v/its-really-surreal-how-salvador-dal-was-a-fascist-who-hit-womenhttps://artlyst.com/features/gala-dali-forgotten-woman-behind-surrealist-looking-glass-agnish-ray/https://museumhack.com/gala-dali/#:~:text=That%20Gala%20Dali%20was%20a,with%20the%20men%20around%20herhttps://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/why-georgia-okeeffe-has-remained-a-feminist-icon-and-that-it-wasnt-always-about-the-flowers/news-story/4acc0ff6ce48758902e91f0f7d8944e6https://hyperallergic.com/466160/izdihar-afyouni/https://www.artandobject.com/articles/problem-muse-art-historyhttps://joyofmuseums.com/museums/europe/france-museums/paris-museums/the-louvre/highlights-of-the-louvre/grande-odalisque-by-by-jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/venus-of-urbino/bQGS8pnP5vr2Jg?hl=enhttps://magazine.artland.com/muse-definition-controversy/https://hyperallergic.com/489124/matisse-odalisque-norton-simon-museum/https://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/guerrilla_girls.html#:~:text=Guerrilla%20Girls%20grew%20out%20of,contemporary%20art%20in%20the%20world. https://www.guerrillagirls.com/confessions_interviewhttps://nmwa.org/art/artists/guerrilla-girls/https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity

Source: New York Times January 30, 2023 01:32 UTC