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Reclaiming image with metaphor of empowerment

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Reclaiming image with metaphor of empowerment

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Pomona, 1872, Calcutta,
Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.3 × 26.4 cm) Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.3 × 26.4 cm) Mount: 19 5/8 in. × 14 5/8 in. (49.8 × 37.2 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Annibale Carracci, Susanna and the Elders, 1590-95, Italy,
Etching and engraving on laid paper, sheet: 31.8 x 31.1 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.) cut within platemark, National Gallery of Art

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Hans Memling, The Annunciation, 1480-89, Netherland, Oil on panel, 30 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (76.5 x 54.6 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Iris, 1926, America,
Oil on canvas,36 in. × 29 7/8 in. (91.4 × 75.9 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jean-Honore Fragonard, The Swing, 1767-68, France,
Oil on canvas, 81 x 64.2 cm, The Wallace Collection

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Jan Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434, Oil on panel, 82.2 cm × 60 cm (32.4 in × 23.6 in); panel 84.5 cm × 62.5 cm (33.3 in × 24.6 in), The National Gallery, London

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Memling’s luminous lilies symbolize Mary’s purity, while the tiled floor recalls Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, connecting this work to a rich tradition of Northern Renaissance realism. By echoing van Eyck’s intricate textures and spatial depth, Memling invites viewers to contemplate the sacred event with heightened intimacy and attention to material detail.

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Memling’s luminous lilies symbolize Mary’s purity, while the tiled floor recalls Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, connecting this work to a rich tradition of Northern Renaissance realism. By echoing van Eyck’s intricate textures and spatial depth, Memling invites viewers to contemplate the sacred event with heightened intimacy and attention to material detail.

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Lewis Carroll, Alice Liddell as "The Beggar Maid", 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 16.3 x 10.9cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16in.)Mount: 14 1/8 in. × 10 7/8 in. (35.8 × 27.6 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Cameron's Pomona reimagines Alice Liddell—previously photographed by Lewis Carroll through a sexualized gaze— as a powerful figure of natural abundance. In Pomona, Cameron's soft focus and delegating composition transform Liddell into a symbol of feminine strength and dignity, and as a woman herself, challenging earlier portrayals and asserting a new, empowered vision of womanhood.

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Cameron's Pomona reimagines Alice Liddell—previously photographed by Lewis Carroll through a sexualized gaze— as a powerful figure of natural abundance. In Pomona, Cameron's soft focus and delegating composition transform Liddell into a symbol of feminine strength and dignity, and as a woman herself, challenging earlier portrayals and asserting a new, empowered vision of womanhood.

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How have artists across history used images of nature to reflect, shape, or challenge ideas about femininity?

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How have artists across history used images of nature to reflect, shape, or challenge ideas about femininity?

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1. Recognize how natural imagery has been used to symbolize both societal ideals and personal expressions of womanhood.

2. Analyze how artists across different eras reinforces or resisted cultural expectations of femininity through their work.

3. Reflect on the evolving relationship between art, nature, and gender, and how it continues to influence contemporary views of femininity.