Women in Art – Illustrations, Part 1

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• Zain:

  You MAY NOT tell anybody what they should or should not appreciate, or like, or dislike, or basically anything. You can have your opinions, and you can disagree with others, but you MAY NOT force down the opinions of others. Nor can you label people so quickly as "avid feminists online" simply because they voiced their thoughts on a public link.

  If I am interpreting correctly, no one who commented here is saying that these works are not visually stunning. But rather, the *collection* of art on this link shows a rather one-sided view of feminine beauty.

  Sexist son of a bitch.

• Actually, I see a lot of repeated style here. And though I am sure the artists were expressing their view of the female form, nothing here that I see represents anything more than that. That alone does not make this set of pieces artistically interesting to me personally.

• I think Jennifer missed the fact that at least 3 of the illustrators represented here are female, possibly more considering a few of these listed are studios and not individual artists.

  This is a nice collection of diverse styles. Thanks for posting them.

• I love these works of art, absolutely wonderful! I agree with everyone else though - female artists would be a nice change.

• Zain:

  And your point is that everyone has to appreciate something in exactly the same way you do? That's kinda close-minded... don't ya think? kthnx

  And women aren't globally idealized. Maybe in your little corner of the world, but maybe you should research some other cultures other than your own. It might be an eye opener. kthnx.

• Oh come on Zain, now your just being condescending.

• Condescending? Not in the least. I just don't believe it's ok for women to bash themselves for being idolized. I'm not saying that it's ok, nor is it right, but that you should accept it, and admire your own beauty, and the fact that these artists above do as well.

• jennifer wasn't bashing anyone. she was saying that for an article labeled "women in art", there should be more female artists, and more than one vision of women. there's other ways to conceptualize beauty, and beauty in the feminine form; but this article focused on the commercially accepted representation of women. so where are the illustrations by women of something other than the 36-24-36 woman?

• Really, can we all get over the stupidity of feminism and just enjoy art? Females are beautiful and they have better hair than guys and I would rather see them in art, so what? I think these pictures show beauty ant getting into issues of sexism instead of enjoying art is very shallow and a waste of time. Really!

  And really, does it matter if the artist is female or not? When you start worrying about that you are just a prick.

• Lovely! What a fabulous collection of different styles -- I also appreciate that there are links to the artist's sites so I can see more. I really enjoy being able to look at different artist's works -- it can be so inspiring. And there is a wonderful variety of techniques and visions in this post -- thanks so much!

  And as a woman (sorry, can't resist) I have to say I have no issues with how the women are portrayed -- I see each as an exploration of the individual artists' thoughts and perceptions -- of art, of women, of social issues etc. etc.

  That's the wonderful thing about art -- it breeds thought.