Episode Notes

Our Research Intern Kate Chenault discussed the portrayal of women in Western art with Dr. Donna Cassidy, Professor of Art and American & New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Discussed in this episode: early female artists, the male gaze, the feminist movement and art, interpretations of the female reclining nude, and what art can tell us about a culture.

Check out Dr. Cassidy's book Painting the musical city : jazz and cultural identity in American art, 1910-1940 at: https://library.nga.gov/permalink/01NGA_INST/1qqg09j/alma991378783504896

Details about our upcoming Third Annual 24 Hour Telethon: www.negahc.org

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