Women in Western Art
June 26 2007
Have you ever wondered why the subject of a portrait is looking out of the frame one way rather than the other? Have you ever wondered whether more subjects look right rather than left? Or vice versa?
Self portraits are easier to figure out ... maybe. The angle of the subject's head probably has something to do with the hand in which the painter holds the brush. And most people are right-handed. Then again, a higher proportion of creative people are left-handed ...
Anyway, check out this amazing short video: it's a short (three minute) history of the faces of women in Western art.
http://www.devilducky.com/media/62379/
