Jasmine Sanchez
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Self-Portraits for Women's Equality
Germany and Mexico sit on two different ends of the world, yet Paula Modersohn-Becker and Frida Kahlo responded to women's equality through self-portraits. Modersohn-Becker was a German painter who painted Self-Portrait with an Amber Necklace in 1906. "[She became one of] the first modern woman artist to challenge centuries of traditional representation of the female body in art.” On the contrary, Kahlo was a Mexican painter who painted Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird in 1940. “[Similar to Paula, Frida was] one of the women to fully express herself through art, a feminist putting women’s issues at the forefront of her work.” The analysis of Self-Portrait with an Amber Necklace and Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird will focus on the representation of the female body, cultural perception, and art style to show that the works of their art changed the rules, broke barriers, and challenged the status quo through their self-portraits for women's equality.
By Jasmine Sanchez6 years ago in Viva