History of Feminism

CTyankee

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34. Clark's statement is intersting. IIRC, he converted to Roman Catholicism from Church of

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 09:23 PM

Dec 2013

England Protestantism later in life. He was a big deal back in the day.

I think the Female Principle is an issue in the history of art that should be researched. I did one in a grad course. Interestingly, it was at a Roman Catholic College! My art professor was so cool about this! I did this whole thing around the goddess stuff and she loved it. In fact, all the professors in my grad school course were terrific, except for one (an old nun with a doctorate in Economics...I was afraid of her...and hid when I saw her coming in the halls...).

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Ok, I have noticed several threads in GD about women killing men [View all] intaglio Dec 2013 OP

I just posted one in Weird News BainsBane Dec 2013 #1

I know it happens intaglio Dec 2013 #3

okay, I just saw one BainsBane Dec 2013 #2

Women kill men? SkyDaddy7 Dec 2013 #4

Anyone and everyone, one may presume. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #8

Retaliation? "See, women do it too!" cinnabonbon Dec 2013 #5

Like the hippies used to say TomClash Dec 2013 #6

That just means you have been fooled intaglio Dec 2013 #7

Nah TomClash Dec 2013 #39

"I don't really get this MRA thing." -- Good for you. planetc Dec 2013 #9

No-o-o-o-o-o intaglio Dec 2013 #11

Fear? Squinch Dec 2013 #10

Oh, I think so. CTyankee Dec 2013 #12

OMG! What a horribly beautiful painting! Squinch Dec 2013 #13

Her father, Orazio, was friends with Carvaggio. Artemisia probably admired Caravaggio's CTyankee Dec 2013 #14

Sometimes xulamaude Dec 2013 #15

You won't only break GD if you posted that in there, you would break all of DU! LOL nt boston bean Dec 2013 #26

Actually, I think I did post the Gentileschi version a while back... CTyankee Dec 2013 #27

The one with the blood, in my opinion was better art. boston bean Dec 2013 #28

I know. Caravaggio's blood seems artificial. Artemisia's is very real... CTyankee Dec 2013 #29

That and the image of two women doing that boston bean Dec 2013 #30

No, please don't feel that way! I value, I treasure the views of feminists about art. CTyankee Dec 2013 #32

Religion. that is one topic we don't discuss in HoF and we should. boston bean Dec 2013 #33

Clark's statement is intersting. IIRC, he converted to Roman Catholicism from Church of CTyankee Dec 2013 #34

Ya know, I was thinking about this thread this morning and I had this thought that CTyankee Dec 2013 #38

The blood in the Caravaggio one looks like red string... You're right, very artificial... nomorenomore08 Dec 2013 #35

Her Judith is certainly putting more muscle into it...Caravaggio's Judith is standing further back CTyankee Dec 2013 #37

Bait or validation. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #16

i am so glad you took the time to define how you saw the difference in the two. seabeyond Dec 2013 #17

another one showed up today in GD...I'm sure you know which one I am referring to. CTyankee Dec 2013 #18

no. they are not. i am not one that professes all gender bad all gender good. so it is a futile seabeyond Dec 2013 #19

Oh, I am too, but at my age I am a tough old bird. CTyankee Dec 2013 #20

i know. isnt that so funny. i have the young nieces and nephews. seabeyond Dec 2013 #21

... redqueen Dec 2013 #22

Just a little bit. LanternWaste Dec 2013 #23

When I read that earlier I was just going to say xulamaude Dec 2013 #24

Back from vacation. smirkymonkey Dec 2013 #25

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #31

Just posted on the admin thread about the hide above intaglio Dec 2013 #36