Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art
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| - | "In 1972, Linda Nochlin enlivened an annual convention of the CAA with a now-famous paper asserting that the term "erotic" as applied to traditional imagery of women really means "erotic-for-men." In her introduction to a session on "[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]," Nochlin illustrated (partly by " --''[[Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology]]'', Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Claire L. Lyons, with an epilogue by Natalie Boymel Kampen, 2003. | + | "Certain conventions of [[eroticism]] are so deeply ingrained that one scarcely bothers to think of them: one is that the very term “[[erotic art]]” is understood to imply the specification “erotic for men.”" --"[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]" |
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| + | "Equally unthinkable would be such an egregiously unrealistic [[erotopia]] as ''[[The Turkish Bath|Turkish Bath]]'', populated by sloe-eyed, close-pressed, languid youths, and painted by an octogenarian Mme Ingres." --"[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]" | ||
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| + | "In 1972, Linda Nochlin enlivened an annual convention of the CAA with a now-famous paper asserting that the term "[[erotic]]" as applied to traditional imagery of women really means "erotic-for-men." In her introduction to a session on "[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]," Nochlin illustrated (partly by " --''[[Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology]]'', Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Claire L. Lyons, 2003. | ||
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| "Consider for example the connections between Paul Gauguin's ''[[Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms]]'' (1899) and ''[[Achetez des Pommes]]''[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achetez_des_pommes_ca1890_France.jpg] | "Consider for example the connections between Paul Gauguin's ''[[Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms]]'' (1899) and ''[[Achetez des Pommes]]''[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achetez_des_pommes_ca1890_France.jpg] | ||
| - | , a nineteenth-century advertisement used by Linda Nochlin to explore the connections between spectatorship, gender and desire in her essay '[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]' (1972). Nochlin paired ''Achetez des Pommes'' with a photograph she made herself, titled Achetez des Bananes and showing a naked male .." --''[[Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel]]'' - page 71, see [[Sarah Lucas]] | + | , a nineteenth-century advertisement used by Linda Nochlin to explore the connections between spectatorship, gender and desire in her essay '[[Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art]]' (1972). Nochlin paired ''Achetez des Pommes'' with a photograph she made herself, titled ''Achetez des Bananes'' and showing a naked male figure displaying a tray of bananas just below his genitals." --''[[Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel]]'' - [[Amna Malik]] - page 71, see [[Sarah Lucas]] |
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| - | "'''Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art'''" (1972) is a text by [[Linda Nochlin]] first brought as a speech to the [[CAA]] and later collected in ''[[Woman as Sex Object]]'' (1972). In it, she juxtaposed ''[[Achetez des Pommes]]''[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achetez_des_pommes_ca1890_France.jpg] [Buy Apples], a French erotic photograph masquerading as an advertisment for apples, with a selfmade photograph (Buy My Bannas) of a nude man offering bananas in a similar way to prove that "erotic art" means "erotic-for-men". | + | "'''Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art'''" (1972) is a text by [[Linda Nochlin]] first brought as a speech to the [[College Art Association]] and later featured in ''[[Woman as Sex Object]]'' (1972). In it, Nochlin juxtaposed ''[[Achetez des Pommes]]''[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Achetez_des_pommes_ca1890_France.jpg] [Buy Apples], a French erotic photograph masquerading as an advertisment for apples, with a selfmade photograph ("Buy My Bananas") of a nude man offering bananas in a similar way to prove that "[[erotic art]]" means "erotic-for-men". |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Eroticism]] | ||
| + | *[[Female nude]] | ||
| + | *[[Nineteenth-century art]] | ||
| + | *''[[Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms]]'' (1899) by Gauguin | ||
| + | *"[[The Apples of Cézanne]]" by Meyer Schapiro | ||
| + | *[[Sexual metaphor]]s | ||
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"Certain conventions of eroticism are so deeply ingrained that one scarcely bothers to think of them: one is that the very term “erotic art” is understood to imply the specification “erotic for men.”" --"Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art" "Equally unthinkable would be such an egregiously unrealistic erotopia as Turkish Bath, populated by sloe-eyed, close-pressed, languid youths, and painted by an octogenarian Mme Ingres." --"Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art" "In 1972, Linda Nochlin enlivened an annual convention of the CAA with a now-famous paper asserting that the term "erotic" as applied to traditional imagery of women really means "erotic-for-men." In her introduction to a session on "Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art," Nochlin illustrated (partly by " --Naked Truths: Women, Sexuality and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology, Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Claire L. Lyons, 2003. "Consider for example the connections between Paul Gauguin's Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms (1899) and Achetez des Pommes[1] , a nineteenth-century advertisement used by Linda Nochlin to explore the connections between spectatorship, gender and desire in her essay 'Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art' (1972). Nochlin paired Achetez des Pommes with a photograph she made herself, titled Achetez des Bananes and showing a naked male figure displaying a tray of bananas just below his genitals." --Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel - Amna Malik - page 71, see Sarah Lucas |
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"Eroticism and Female Imagery in Nineteenth-Century Art" (1972) is a text by Linda Nochlin first brought as a speech to the College Art Association and later featured in Woman as Sex Object (1972). In it, Nochlin juxtaposed Achetez des Pommes[2] [Buy Apples], a French erotic photograph masquerading as an advertisment for apples, with a selfmade photograph ("Buy My Bananas") of a nude man offering bananas in a similar way to prove that "erotic art" means "erotic-for-men".
See also
- Eroticism
- Female nude
- Nineteenth-century art
- Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms (1899) by Gauguin
- "The Apples of Cézanne" by Meyer Schapiro
- Sexual metaphors
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