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ARTD 3089: Women in Modern Art: Unit 2

ARTD 3089: Women in Modern Art : Mona Hadler

About Unit 2: The Portrait and the Nude in the Context of Gaze Theory

This section is an introduction to gaze theory. Students will read Laura Mulvey and bell hooks on the subject. Artists’ will range from the Renaissance painter Sofanisba Anguissola to artists in the early 20^th Century to Cindy Sherman.

Reading: Unit 2

Mulvey, Laura, “Chapter Four: Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”
Mulvey, Laura, Rachel Rose, and Mark Lewis. “Chapter Four: Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” In Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975), 2016.
Hooks, Bell. “The Oppositional Gaze"
Hooks, Bell. “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators.” In Black Looks: Race and Representation, 115–31. Boston: South End Press, 1992. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10953136.
Garrard, Mary D. "Here's Looking at Me: Sofonisba Anguissola and the Problem of the Woman Artist."
Garrard, Mary D. "Here's Looking at Me: Sofonisba Anguissola and the Problem of the Woman Artist." Renaissance Quarterly 47, no. 3 (1994): 556-622. doi:10.2307/2863021.

Powerpoint: Unit 2

ART 3089 PPT UNIT 2
Image: Sherman, Cindy. Untitled (Marilyn), 1982. 1982. Chromogenic print, photograph, 15 1/2 in. x 9 3/16 in. (39.37 cm x 23.34 cm). https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/83.124.