An overview of the depiction of the female sex
Concept, scientific elaboration and text: © Sara Buchbauer
ART HISTORY outlines the depiction of the female sex starting from the European Paleolithic up to present day art by means of various examples. The texts on different periods serve as an introduction in order to offer information on the politicial and cultural events of the time, on the women's role and stilistic characteristics relating to art. The art works of particular periods were chosen exemplarily. They illustrate the style of the period and serve as documents for particular stages of development.
CONTRIBUTIONS
UPPER PALEOLITHIC >>
Venus of Hohlefels, Anonymous >> Vulven signs from „La Ferrassie", Anonymous >> Venus of Willendorf, Anonymous >> Venus of Laussel, Anonymous >> Venus of Lespugue, Anonymous >> Three women on Roc-aux-Sorciers, Anonymous >>
MESOLITHIC, NEOLITHIC, CHALCOLITHIC >>
Seated Woman, Anonymous >> Female figure from Pazardzik, Anonymous >> Female figure, Cycladic civilization, Anonymous >>
BRONZE AGE / IRON AGE >>
Female representation Fossum, Anonymous >>
ANCIENT GREECE >>
Urinating Hetäre, Anonymous >> Baubo figurine from Priene, Anonymous >> Baubo figurine, Anonymous >> Venus de Milo, Anonymous >>
ROMAN EMPIRE >>
The pig-riding Baubo, Anonymous >> Couple during Intercourse Anonymous >> Vulva Charms, Anonymous >>
LATE ANTIQUITY / MIGRATION PERIOD >>
PRE-ROMANESQUE PERIOD >>
Grandval Bible, Anonymous >>
ROMANESQUE ART >>
Schamweisende San Pedro, Anonymous >> Sheela-na-gig, St. Mary & St. David, Anonymous >> Mermaid with two fish tails / Melusine, Anonymous >> Schamweisende, Schöngraben, Anonymous >> Maria in the Mandorla, Anonymous >>
GOTHIC PERIOD >>
Vulva, St. Stephan, Anonymous >> Sheela-na-gig, All Saints Church, Anonymous >> Nun pointing to her vulva, Saint-Radegonde, Anonymous >>
RENAISSANCE >>
The birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli >> The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymus Bosch >> Adam and Eva, Albrecht Dürer >> Vulva and Anus, Leonardo da Vinci >> Sleeping Venus, Giorgione >> New Year's Wish with Three Witches, Hans Baldung Grien >> Death and the Maiden, Hans Baldung Grien >> Resting Nymph of Springs, Lucas Cranach the Younger >>
MANNERISM >>
Merkur and Herse, Gian Giacomo Caraglio >> Satyr exposes Nymph, Hans von Aachen >>
BAROQUE / ROCOCO >>
Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Rembrandt van Rijn >> The Three Graces, Peter Paul Rubens >> Danae, Rembrandt van Rijn >>
CLASSICISM >>
Figures Lascives 1, Jean Jacques Lequeu >> Figures Lascives 2, Jean Jacques Lequeu >> The nude Maja, Francisco de Goya >> The Turkish Bath, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres >>
HISTORICISM >>
The Birth of Venus Alexandre Cabanel >>
REALISM >>
Obscene photography, Auguste Belloc >> The Origin of the World, Gustave Courbet >>
IMPRESSIONISM >>
Waiting, Edgar Degas >> Fat Marie, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec >> Unmasked, Akseli Gallen-Kallela >>
MODERN AGE >>
Iris, Messagère des dieux, Auguste Rodin >> Courtesan, Auguste Rodin >> Leap into Death, Alfred Kubin >> Beethoven Frieze / The Evil Forces, Gustav Klimt >> Girl seen in a dream, Egon Schiele >> Masturbation, Gustav Klimt >> Green Nude Reclining, Albert Müller >> Two girls in the Greenery, Otto Mueller >> Metropolis, right part of the triptych, Otto Dix >> Small Morphology, Viktor Brauner >> Gradiva, Andre Masson >> The Rape, Rene Magritte >>
POSTMODERNISM >>
Femme-Maison, Louise Bourgeois >> Torso, Self Portrait, Louise Bourgeois >> The Doll, Hans Bellmer >> The Student, Gerhard Richter >> Selfperformance, Jürgen Klauke >>
FEMINIST ART >>
Vagina Painting, Shigeko Kubota >> Hon, Niki de Saint-Phalle >> God Giving Birth, Monica Sjöö >> Genital panic, Valie Export >> Red Flag, Judy Chicago >> Menstruation Bathroom, Judy Chicago >> The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago >> The Dinner Party, Detail, Judy Chicago >> Ceramic Goddess #3, Judy Chicago >> Birth Trinity from the Birth Tear series, Judy Chicago >> S.O.S. Starification Object Series, Hannah Wilke >> Sweet Sixteen, Hannah Wilke >> Interior Scroll, Carolee Schneemann >> Vulva´s Morphia, Carolee Schneemann >> Cycladic Imprints, Carolee Schneemann >> Post Porn Modernist Show, Annie Sprinkle >> Read my Lips, Zoe Leonard and the collective Gang >> Untitled, Zoe Leonard >> Corps étranger, Mona Hatoum >>
CONTEMPORARY ART >>
Spanish Painting, Mira Schor >> Slit of Paint, Mira Schor >> Satisfaction, Elke Krystufek >> Chicken Knickers, Sarah Lucas >> KLONE # 129, Dieter Huber >> Vaginale Ausbrüche, Kerstin Rajnar >> Without title / After Courbet, Tanja Ostojic >> The Great Wall of Vagina, Jamie McCartney >> Mobile Female Monument, Mimosa Pale >>
KUNSTGESCHICHTE >>