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Painting the Difference

by Charles Harrison · January 2, 2006

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Arguing that the representation of women in art was crucial to the character of modernity, the author traces the history of female subjects as they began to gaze out of the picture to confront and engage their viewers.

Sex roleGender identityPainting, modern, 19th centuryPainting, modern, 20th centuryArt, themes, motives, etc.Sex role in artGender identity in artModern PaintingThemes, motives