read an article and respond to the question

read an article and respond to the question

After reading the article, write a 1-page overview/abstract/synopsis of the article including the author’s thesis and other main points, referencing salient images. And Conclude your overview with 2 specific points/comments about the article to share with your classmates.

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REPRESENTING SEXUALITY IN WOMEN ARTISTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

The author of this article tries to explain how the culture has let the male gender to dominate in the history of art and the female gender left out. In the sexual context, the male has been given all the power and responsibility while the role of a woman is just to submit to whatever the male desires. No one ever recognizes the sexual expertise of a woman. Historians and male critics have insisted that in psycho-sexual terms, the male should always be the artist and the female should be the model. The author uses two female artists; Suzanne Valadon and Victorine Meurent, to demonstrate this issue.

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