Feminine Images
I believe being a woman in ancient Chinese period is not easy. Sexual discrimination emerged since the beginning of Chinese culture. Images of women in my points of views were always portrayed as beauty and sexual objects for men. No matter whom she is, no matter what role she is playing in Chinese society, she will never has more power than men. Artworks are one of the good evidences that prove my points of views. I always believe artworks represent not only a thought of artists, but also show a trend of society during a time that the works were produced.
After I have a chance to see many female images from several Chinese Art books. From my investigation, there is none of a female image until the Western Han period in the tomb of Lady Xin. Still, instead of depicting on how important of Lady Xin was, the image represented the life after dead belief of Chinese people. There were a lot of images that demonstrated males’ roles, but not females. It would be......
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