Gender in Art & Architecture
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Gender reflected in Art and Architecture Peter Paul Rubens Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus Baroque 1617 Oil 7’3” x 6’10” Nicolas Poussin The Rape of the Sabine Women 1636-1637 These are both depictions of Judith killing the Assyrian General Holofernes and saving her village. A female artist and a male artist each created their version of this act of Judith. Can you tell whose is who’s? Caravaggio Judith and Holofernes 1598 Oil 56 ¾” x 76 ¾” Baroque Artemesia Gentileschi Judith Decapitating Holofernes 1620 Oil 72 ½” x 55 ¾” Baroque Yasumasa Morimura Mother (Judith II) Edition of 3 1991 Color photograph mounted on canvas 94 ½” x 63” Postmodern Gendered Architecture Masculine or Feminine in style? Baroque & Rococo Classic Art Nouveau & Art Deco Styles Modern Postmodern Deconstructivist Gendered Architecture Austrian cathedral Baroque Architecture Late 17th Century – 18th Century Crown Pavilion Dresden, Germany Stanislaus Palace gate Gendered Architecture Neo-Baroque J.L. Charles Garnier L’Opera House, Paris 1861-1874 Gendered Architecture Rococo 18th Century Gatchina Palace, Russia dressing room 1766-1778 François de Cuvilliè Hall of Mirrors Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace 1734-1739 Munich, Germany Greek and Roman Classic Architecture Iktinos and Kallikrates Parthenon Athens, Greece 448-432 BCE Roman Pont du Gard Nimes, France 14 CE Gendered Architecture Neo-Classic Lincoln Memorial Neo-Classical Jacques-Louis David Oath of Horatii Neo-Classical Doric Order Greek Orders (Columns) Classic style Corinthian Order Ionic Order Row Houses Tiffany Dome Art Nouveau Style 1895 - 1915 Chicago Cultural Center 1897 Villa Ruggei Victor Horta Italy 1902-1907 Hotel Tassel Brussel, Belgium 1900 Art Deco Style 1930s William Van Alen Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Chrysler Building Empire State Building NYC 1930 (2) NYC 1931 Empire State Building lobby Art Deco Tiffany Style Chicago Art Institute glass dome Chrysler Bldg elevator door panels Rockefeller Center One of many, above door entry panels Gerrit Rietveld Schroeder House Netherlands Modern 1923 Ludwig Miës van der Rohe & Philip Johnson Seagram Building 1957 Modern / International Style John Portman Hyatt Regency Hotel San Francisco Postmodern Disney’s Celebration Florida 1996 1973 Postmodern Philip Johnson Bank of America Houston 1984 Charles Moore Piazza d’Italia New Orleans 1976-1979 Deconstructivist Frank Gehry Hotel Marques de Riscal Spain 2006 Jeanne Gang Aqua Chicago 2009 Rem Koolhaas McCormick Tribune Campus Center Chicago 2003 Decontructivist Zaha Hadid Signature Towers Proposed idea Zaha Hadid Maggie’s Center, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 2006
