500 years of female portraits in Western art

[Tanuki]

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[Wounded Bear]

1. Interesting montage...nt

[yallerdawg]

2. My wife would also call this a predominantly...

"Male Gaze."

I think they are beautiful portraits that blend almost seamlessly into each other over the 500 years.

My wife says, "Of course I would."

[cyclonefence]

3. She's right

but watching it did bring a smile to my face.

Thanks to the OP.

[Tanuki]

4. Yes, and considering that the pictures were predominantly painted by,

and purchased by males, that is not too surprising.

[Retrograde]

7. My favorite portrait painter

is Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun, who worked around the time of the French Revolution (she did several paintings of Marie Antoinette). Her portraits of women are fairly easy to spot, since the subjects usually look straight at the viewer with no attempt to charm or seduce, just a "You're lookin' at me? Well, I'm lookin' at you" expression.

[femmocrat]

5. So pretty!

Thanks.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Very cool, although I am surprised by some of the famous

portraits/female faces that were left out. It's possible that I could have missed them, but still it was a lovely montage.