pam on Nostr: My current read is ‘Women, Art and Power and Other Essays by Linda Noclin. She is ...

My current read is ‘Women, Art and Power and Other Essays by Linda Noclin. She is big on literary realism and her work looks into how art reflects and shapes societal attitudes toward gender and sexuality. Often there is a tendency to emphasize sexual aspects over other substantial portrayals of women. In one lecture, she speaks about the erotic nature of women’s appearance in art, while showing a picture of a naked man all through the session. These are the types of lectures that would challenge conventional norms and broaden perspectives, by forcing you to put yourself in another person's shoes and engaging with what you see, feel, hear, and grasp—and I think these type of education is vastly missing in today’s world