Women - In Renaissance and In Today's Society
Do Now: Recall Shakespeare’s poems above and write a brief commentary on the portrayal of women in the Renaissance. You can look at the images and think about whether they seem idealized or realistic.
How does the portrayal of women in the paintings of the period compare with the portrayal of women today such as Tyra Banks, Lindsay Lohan, Queen Latifah, Jesse Randhawa, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Seymour?
The women during the renaissance must be portrayed as idealized because of their appearance. There can be no way that everyone used make-up in the renaissance to make themselves appear as white as some of these women in these photos. There can be no way that everyone could afford those elaborate dresses and it is impractical for them to wear such elaborate dresses all the time. I mean even in this time period, not all models always appear in their idealized form. On top of that, these photos are only from the upper-class. If you were to look at the poor, and if there was a middle-class, there is no way that they were able to afford such elaborate dresses. Therefore all these photos depict idealized women.
How does the portrayal of women in the paintings of the period compare with the portrayal of women today such as Tyra Banks, Lindsay Lohan, Queen Latifah, Jesse Randhawa, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Seymour?
The women from the renaissance were, back in that time period, were absolutely beautiful. However, the difference between the two time periods is evident. In today’s society, we idealize skin while in the renaissance era idealized elaborate dresses and white faces. This opinion is based off the media that we, as the young generation, are exposed to.