Whitney Chadwick argues in her book ‘Women, Art and Society’ that ‘Among the founding members of the British Royal Academy in 1768 were two women…. (yet)… women were barred from the discussions about art and the study of the nude model which formed the academic training and representation from the sixteen to the nineteen centuries.’
And she continues: ‘…binary oppositions of Western thought- man/woman, nature/culture, analytic/intuitive- may have been replicated within art history and used to reinforce sexual difference as a basis for aesthetic valuations.’
A lot has been said, and a lot more has been wasted in misunderstandings and extrapolations, yet still today if you type the words women and art in your internet searcher, quite possibly you’ll be directed to something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs&mode=related&search=
How many of these beautiful creatures were painted by men? How many of them had been painted by women?
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Marina Velez
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Marina Velez
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am a qualified teacher of Spanish as a foreign language having studied at Universidad Nebrija, Madrid and I hold a Cambridge Certificate English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). I have taken Social Anthropology and Social Psychology at the Institute of Continuing Education University of Cambridge. I have taught English and Spanish as foreign languages extensively on a private basis, at primary schools, in companies and at institutes of adult education (e.g. Volksuniversiteit in Utrecht, The Netherlands, where I taught English Literature). I have trained teachers of foreign languages and given TEFL seminars to local teachers in Nepal. I am also an artist, a mother of three, a coordinator for the NGO INFONepal, have travelled extensively and lived in different countries (Argentina, Spain, USA, The Netherlands and UK) all of which has given me the patience, creativity, socio-cultural awareness and sense of humour I employ in my lessons. I also enjoy English Literature, archery, jazz and medieval music and flamenco dancing.
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