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| - | Three minutes and thirty-three seconds into the [[Dadaist film]] ''[[Ballet mécanique]]''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgsqmQJAq0&feature=related] comes this [[gaze]][http://i26.tinypic.com/dnitqb.jpg] by [[Kiki de Montparnasse]]. The gaze is a concept called into life by [[Jacques Lacan]] and in the Anglosphere by [[Laura Mulvey]]. I find it a somewhat [[overrated]] concept (it was intended to illustrate [[patriarchy]] and some of its [[adverse]] effects). Nevertheless I concede that [[male sexuality]] is a very visual affair. | + | # To [[look]] [[briefly]] (''at'' something). |
| + | #: ''She '''glanced''' at her reflection as she passed the mirror.'' | ||
| + | # {{intransitive}} To [[graze]] a surface. | ||
| + | # To [[sparkle]] | ||
| + | #: ''The spring sunlight was '''glancing''' on the water of the pond.'' | ||
| - | Kiki's gaze can be classified as a [[female gaze]], since the person gazing is clearly a woman. The female gaze was called into life by another feminist, [[Germaine Greer]]. In her book ''[[The Beautiful Boy]]'' she explains that she intended to defend territory of the marginalised female gaze: "Well, I'd like to reclaim for women the right to appreciate the short-lived beauty of boys, real boys, not simpering 30-year-olds with shaved chests." | ||
| - | Another area where a female gaze is a reality is the [[female nude]] depicted in paintings. Two defining moments in art history are the ''[[Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)|Sleeping Venus]]'' (c. 1510) by [[Giorgione]] and the ''[[Venus of Urbino|Venus of Urbino]]'' (1538) by [[Titian]]. The first model averts here [[glance]]/gaze, the second is one of the first paintings where the model stares straight at the viewer, meets his glance. The exhibtionist stares back at the voyeur. | + | ====Synonyms==== |
| + | * [[glimpse]] | ||
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- To look briefly (at something).
- She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
- Template:Intransitive To graze a surface.
- To sparkle
- The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.
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