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Male Gaze History

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I am going to research the male gaze throughout art history and how it has been transferred into advertising. Throughout almost all of history, art has been created by men and for men. I want to examine how this affects the portrayal of women and femeninity in art from cultures spanning the globe. The male gaze has also infiltrated the way advertisements are made and I am going to study the correlation between ancient and contemporary examples of this. The advertisement aspect of male gaze can also be tied to makeup, and worldwide beauty industries. These all tie in with stereotypes of femininity which relates back to the one sided view of women through art.
I am fascinated by art history but I have limited knowledge of much of it. The sexist

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