Unpacking The Muse

This week Zoe dissects a common art historical motif from a feminist- the muse. Zoe unveils the identity behind the anonymous and elusive muses’ we’ve worshiped throughout art history and discusses how modern feminism plays into the interpretation and reception of the concept of the muse. Sources: https://hyperallergic.com/489124/matisse-odalisque-norton-simon-museum/ https://www.artandobject.com/articles/problem-muse-art-history https://christopherpjones.medium.com/picasso-primitivism-and-the-rights-and-wrongs-of-cultural-appropriation-1f964fa61cee https://www.huffpost.com/entry/picasso-nude-auction-me-too_n_5af09dcfe4b0ab5c3d687528 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-bled-the-women-in-his-life-for-art/ https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-enduring-appeal-of-the-misogynist-picasso-20220609-p5asm4 https://www.artspace.com/magazine/interviews_features/art-politics/the_picasso_problem_why_we_shouldnt_separate_the_art_from_the_artists_misogyny-55120 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/sex-on-the-canvas-picasso-s-most-erotic-year-laid-bare-1.3392315 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140701-who-was-the-mysterious-girl https://slate.com/culture/2013/10/vermeers-daughter-was-the-girl-with-the-pearl-earring-and-painted-later-vermeer-works.html#:~:text=But%20the%20evidence%20suggests%20Vermeer's,currently%20assigned%20to%20her%20father https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo https://www.google.com/search?q=who+is+mona+lisa&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS808US808&oq=who+is+mona+lisa&aqs=chrome..69i57.4412j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/07/google-autocomplete-why-mona-lisa-smiling https://www.britannica.com/art/Pre-Raphaelite-Brotherhood https://artsandculture.google.com/story/iwJi7e0NP5QwKg https://marinamade.me/2017/08/10/lizzie-siddal-pre-raphaelite-muse-artist/ https://marinamade.me/2016/12/11/fanny-eaton-pre-raphaelite-muse/ https://www.nancyhinmantherapy.com/the-ophelia-complexhttps://www.nancyhinmantherapy.com/the-ophelia-complex https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/arts/design/klimts-women-real-and-on-canvas.html#:~:text=Lloyd%20avers%20that%20while%20Klimt's,question'%20that%20are%20far%20from https://medium.com/@ruiyuliu_17933/an-empowering-tale-of-femme-fatales-gustav-klimts-female-eroticism-642f2e30ecf0 https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2014/04/grand-unified-theory-female-pain https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qwp9v/its-really-surreal-how-salvador-dal-was-a-fascist-who-hit-women https://artlyst.com/features/gala-dali-forgotten-woman-behind-surrealist-looking-glass-agnish-ray/ https://museumhack.com/gala-dali/#:~:text=That%20Gala%20Dali%20was%20a,with%20the%20men%20around%20her https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/why-georgia-okeeffe-has-remained-a-feminist-icon-and-that-it-wasnt-always-about-the-flowers/news-story/4acc0ff6ce48758902e91f0f7d8944e6 https://hyperallergic.com/466160/izdihar-afyouni/ https://www.artandobject.com/articles/problem-muse-art-history https://joyofmuseums.com/museums/europe/france-museums/paris-museums/the-louvre/highlights-of-the-louvre/grande-odalisque-by-by-jean-auguste-dominique-ingres/ https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/venus-of-urbino/bQGS8pnP5vr2Jg?hl=en https://magazine.artland.com/muse-definition-controversy/ https://hyperallergic.com/489124/matisse-odalisque-norton-simon-museum/ https://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/guerrilla_girls.html#:~:text=Guerrilla%20Girls%20grew%20out%20of,contemporary%20art%20in%20the%20world. https://www.guerrillagirls.com/confessions_interview https://nmwa.org/art/artists/guerrilla-girls/ https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/art-museums-women-men-gender-disparity