Hans Memling 'Vanity' (1485)
Constantly show the female body in a way that others can enjoy it, in the picture, the micro is held in the wrong angle, she is looking at herself but should in fact show the side of her face.
in other imagery the focus is always the most sexual part of the female body, there is often a very mythological perception of the female form, she looks sentimental and almost virginal, she is reclining on a wave, however she is covering her own eyes, there is only a small about of concentration on the face and more on the body,
Sophie Dahl for opium
More contempory, than the others, seen as too sexual for a billboard or magazine, thy turned the image from horizontal to vertical so the image doesn't look to sexual,
Titans Venus of Urbino, (1538), similar to MANET olympia (1863)
looks as if she is being spied on, she covers herself with her hand subtly, second image was thought as to be a prostate, she has wealth and flowers in her hair suggest she has been given a gift, she lifts her head as if she is addressing the audience,
GUERILLA GIRLS
Produced a poster which made the point of arguing about how many female portraits made it into museums versus how many male portraits get into
MANET- Bar at the folies Berges
image shows a women standing behind a bar, however once again her reflection is shown in the wrong place
Jeff Wall- Picture for women (1979)
He includes himself in the image, and she is gazing into the image, the camera is placed very central and gives the illusion that it is a staged shot, its about the return of the Gaze.
Coward, R (1984)
the camera in contemporary media has been put to use as an extension of the male gaze on women in the streets,
Eva Herzigova (1994)
the image was placed on billboards and the idea was that drivers would be so distracted by the image that they would crash,
There are images of men in a similar sense, however, the type of imagery, is mush more bold, most of the images the men are staring straight at the camera challenging the camera and the whole idea, there are only 60 examples of men being perceived in this way, compared to millions of women,
Women are accessories to action films, however the film Lara Croft challenges this idea, in the sense that she leads the story line and has the power over men, however she is still ported in a sexual way.
Artemisia Gentilschi- Judith beheading holofernes (1620)
women are perceived in a different way, its al alternative to the typical way women are perceive by the audience, they are strong and powerful, they have control over the man, and they even look slightly masculine.
Cindy Sherman- untitled film still
once again the image ha been turned round the take the focus away form the body and onto the face, her mirror is facing down and so we don't know quite what we have caught her in the act of, her hand is in a very unnatural place above her face.
Barara Kruger - your gaze hits the side of my face
The fact that the images quotes "Hits" suggest more of a physical thing, more aggressive, and suggests violence, more confrontational and in your face
Tracy Emin "Money Photo"
she looks as if she is stuffing money inside herself , her art is about her self, and so is more personal, it is a more personal attack on the Gaze.
THe media , often publishes over exagurated stories, often making up quotes, for example the Amanda Knox case, where she was accused of being a which, articles were published before the case was closed and before the decision had been made about wether she was guilty or innocent.
social networking is used to perpetuate the male gaze and the gaze of the media, the body is broken up in many images and therefore could be any female, this makes many images more personal to younger audiences. For example Princess diana is a good example, she had a very important image and the paparazzi, thrives of this.
Victor Burgin
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