Paintings of Women

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Women in Art History

Contemporary art themes are open to more variety,
but earlier art history
shows the woman as most favored subject,
even while men were generally the painters.

Traditional subject matter
for painters who were women
was limited to family scenes, children and home,
as they were not allowed out unaccompanied
and were protected from outside influences.

Click on the stars below for
a short, visual timeline
of women as subjects in paintings.
Presented without analysis,
but just fascinating visual interpretation.
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