Week 2 Blog

This is a sculpture of the late queen hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1473-1458 BCE). I think this is an interesting sculpture, and shows the complexity and high level thinking of this early civilization.  It's amazing to think, that thousands of years ago, women were ruling entire civilizations, while here in America a women has yet to become president. One would think, with all the education, freedom, and knowledge available to us, there would be an even balance of men and women in our executive branch of government.  This piece really sticks out to me because of the current election, and the "interesting," race we had. Although we still have made history, with our current presidential elect, Barack Obama, I think we are way behind the curve in electing a women to the presidency! Hopefully in the near future, with the right candidate, and a little bit of luck, history can repeat itself here in America!

week 1 Blog

This piece shows the figure of a woman with large breasts, belly, buttocks, and thighs. In it's time, this statue was meant to represent a strong woman, in excellent health, who was fertile, and could bear strong children and live a long life. This statue was an ideal image of what a man would look for in a woman. However, in todays society, that is not the case... With the development of modern medicine and technologies, woman of all shapes, sizes, and capacities are able to be heathly, live long, and bear children. Now, value is placed on how skinny and petite a woman looks. In fact, being skinny and petite is seen as being healthy and in shape, as to where overweight women are seen as unhealthy, unfit, and unattractive. To give you an idea take a look at the photo of the, "supermodel." A model is one who is seen as the ideal candidate to show off a particular style of clothes, makeup, or fashion item. This is what today's society looks for in a "beautiful" woman.