Description

Overview:

There is a huge range of ways that gender has been understood and represented in the history of art. We look at a few examples that show us gender is a concept that has never been fixed: Hermaphroditos by the ancient Greeks, Titian's Venus of Urbino, Baule portrait masks, the photographs of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and Maya stone carvings.

Subject:

Art History

Level:

Academic Lower Division

Material Type:

Lesson

Author:

The Art Assignment

Provider:

Khan Academy

Provider Set:

PBS

Date Added:

08/10/2021