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This 3 page paper analyzes Linda Nochlin’s article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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are many more points that could be discussed): the implications of ineptitude contained in the title itself; the role of society in perceived "greatness"; and the nature of artistic achievement.
Discussion As to the first point, Nochlin suggests that the wording of the title simply takes it as fact that there have been no great women artists, stopping any
debate on the issue before it begins. In this contention she is both right and wrong. Certainly there have been excellent women artists-Georgia OKeefe and Mary Cassatt come to mind-but
upon reflection, its not possible to point to a woman artist on a par with Michelangelo or Da Vinci, someone who is such a towering figure that she is looked
upon with awe and reverence, copied and emulated, centuries after her death. In this Nochlin is quite correct. But she also argues a subtle point when she notes that because
no female Picasso has appeared, that doesnt mean that all women artists should be ignored or looked on with disdain. The question then becomes, why has a woman not
attained the same stature as these legendary male artists? Here, we have to look to society and the restraints placed on women by custom, which decrees that women cannot be
held to the same standards as men. First, Nochlin dismisses the idea that there are great women artists who simply have not yet been discovered: If there really are large
numbers of undiscovered great female artists, then feminist struggles for recognition have no point (Nochlin, 1988). If womens art is to be held to a different standard than mens, backed
up by the idea that womens place in society makes their reality substantially different, then again there is no point in feminist activism-although Nochlin argues that these two ideas are
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