FORTUNATELY, we know the status of women has vastly improved. Otherwise, judging from the history of Western art, we would be tempted to conclude otherwise.
A few examples:
Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de’ Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas, Master G.Z.; 1420-30
Head and Shoulders of a Woman, Leonardo Da Vinci; ca. 1500–1505
Young Mother Sewing, Mary Cassat; 1900
Self-Portrait, Alice Bailly, 1917
Woman and Pears (Fernande); Pablo Picasso; 1909
Roberta’s Construction Chart #2, Lynn Hershman Leeson; 1976
Isa Genzken. Schauspieler (Actors) (detail). 2013.
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