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Linda Noclin’s Critique on the Idea of Distinctive Feminine Art Style
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Shamsolmolook Mostafavi *   , Somayyeh Alamdar |
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Abstract: (21325 Views) |
| Next to their deep influence on human relations
and social views, one of the effects of the groundbreaking
developments occurred during the last
few centuries in philosophy, science, economy,
culture and art is the reviving attention to feminine
issues in multiple realms and notably that of
art. One of the prominent figures who have conducted
distinguished research in this field is Linda
Nochlin. She is best known as a proponent of the
question “Why Have There Been No Great Women
Artists?” which has led to new feminist investigation
in art history. Drawing on Feminist aesthetics
she challenges the basic philosophical and
social presuppositions in art world and argues that
for a great artist-genius to be known and for a great
work of art to be shaped, social beds and institutional
factors play an important role. This article
would discuss her main viewpoints on this matter.
It will be expressed that Nochlin sets Men’s artistic
works against those of women to show that both
men and women are capable of producing every
sort of artworks and hence to contend that there’s
no such a concept as feminine artistic style. She
proposes this notion that the women artists’ selection
of what is called feminine concept is done
under the influence of social, institutional and educational
elements. |
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| Keywords: Linda Nochlin, Feminist criticism of history of art, women artists, institutional and educational discrimination, distinctive feminine art style |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2014/02/24 | Accepted: 2014/02/24
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