Disrupting the field: “woman” & the Aesthetics

• How does each image compare to other images of women? What ideals do they uphold? What ideals do they challenge? How?

James McNeill Whistler Symphony in White No.1: The White Girl 1862 (Pohl p.270)

Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1: The Artist’s Mother 1871-72 (Pohl p.270)

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