Women through the ages - an introduction to Gender Issues

For my grade 11s ....Women through the ages - an introduction to Gender Issues

        ... some mystery women!

         

              

Woman as an object  - ‘objectification’ of women

This kind of objectification gives us a clue about how women were regarded at various times and in various cultures.

Some types of objectification ….

• Fertility & reproduction – finding/hunting down a mate
• Nurturing and ordering – creating stability from chaos
• Bound by servitude - to "women's work"
• Predatory women - women as threat/competition
• Woman as 'priestess' - spiritual figure
• The Wise Woman archetype - counsellor & sage
• Woman as 'scapegoat' - it's your fault that ......

• Others? Discuss this in class ......

Hint:

Look for examples from these cultures:-

Goddess figures – non-Christian traditions like Paleolithic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Indus River, San, etc.

Later goddesses – Byzantine, Medieval, Renaissance

Then – a big change (about 1600)…

Women from these times …

Baroque, Rococo,  Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, German Expressionism, etc

And finally ...

our own times!

Activity: Now create a digital presentation showing examples of the above.

• Referenced image (at least 10 from different periods)

• Name of artist, title of work, date & 'movement'
  (Gender of artist and/or patron?) [20 marks for recording this info]
• 3 stylistic characteristics for each work. [20 marks for this info - if accurate]

• Note on the possible perception of women with each image (- the artist's 'intention')[10 marks for opinions on these]

[This should be handed in OR ‘shared’ with your teacher. All images must be referenced. (Cheaper to do this digitally!)]