In Ways of Seeing, Berger notes that “men look at women.

In Ways of Seeing, Berger notes that “men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.” examine this quote, select two works of art or advertising—one depicting a man, and one depicting a woman, from any period. A good place to start the search would be major museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The Louvre, The Art Institute of Chicago, or the Musée d O’rsey The Art. How does the artist or creator depict each sex? Who has the power in the image, the subject, or the viewer? Does the subject appear empowered, or spied on? What social, historical or cultural ideologies are evident in this work? am I performing a materialist critique? Why or why not? The Artist. Was the artist or creator male or female? Does that information change the reading of the image? Does the artist’s intentionality matters to the critique of the image? Why or why not? How does pre-judgements about gender affect perceptions?