Lecture five; the gaze and the media.

- Hans Memling 'Vanity' 1485.
The mirror is a device, sinful regard for the woman's self. 
- Alexandre Cabnel 'Birth of venus' 1863.
Both of the above are examples of works using a mirror. 
- Sophie Dahl - Opium. 
Withdrawn from advertising for sexual nature. 
Once the format was changed the vertical format was approved because emphasis changed to the face. 
- The gorilla girls campaign - do women have to be naked to get into a museum? 
- Manet 'Bar at the Folies Bergeres' 1882. 
The idea of mirrors again and how they send a message. 
- Women's bodies are used in advertising through the use of photography. 
- Men are also objectified in advertising. 
- Women are marginalised within the masculine discourse of art history. 
- Barbara Kruger uses the theories of the gaze.
- More modern artworks have the same ideas about women being looked at but in a less obvious way. 
- Reality television gives us the power of the gaze. 
- The Truman show is a film which is an example of the gaze.