i think these images show how women are viewed in society, like we have to do all the household chores. All the stories show how men do the house work instead of what society excepts
Interesting. Are you seeing the image of a woman ironing as a representation of women being responsible for child rearing and house cleaning? why an image of a woman ironing and not of a woman washing or cooking? Can you make a connection between these images and Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing"? If you had to pick one of the above images to illustrate the story, which one would you choose? Do you mean the stories we read? Isn't the situation of Binh quite different from that of the mother/narrator in "I Stand Here Ironing"?
Wow! The third image of Picasso's painting, shows a lot of depth. You can see the women's pain, fatigue, thinness and with a sort of obligated position. I loved that image just for the fact that it showed how women took their roles of being "women" but through a real painful view. Not everything was happiness for women who did housework and Picasso's painting truly showed it.
I agree with you Noelia, there is a lot of depth in that picture. Women has always been seen as someone, who lacks of strength. Someone who is weak and is not able to do a "Mans Job". In Picasso's Woman Ironing picture, this women is portrayed as a sad, weak person. Who's future doesn't go more ahead than that ironing board. But in my opinion it takes a lot of patience, courage, and strength to take care of a family, and do all the housework. I find it interesting too, that the picture is painted in gray, but yet you can see some shades of yellow, which to me can mean light. The light we have in us, that not everybody can see.
Noelia- yes, the fatigue is palpable in Picasso's painting, but do you think his portrayal captures only the time period he created the image? What about the present? Cristal- I like your observation about how the woman's life does not extend beyond the ironing board, and about the colors. But is it possible that the woman is tired and malnourished, rather than sad and weak?
In my response, I believe that Picasso's message portrayed in his painting did not only reflect on the time period he lived in. Till today women suffer from husbands who order their wife's to do chores and even sometimes women get bossed around from their own boss's. Although women have more freedom today and gradually are taking more control over things than men, like getting better jobs and putting rules on the household, there are still women that are obligated to be like the woman in Picasso's painting. This is the way we've grown to understand things. Men have always taken control of us and that is why some women still let it happen to them.
i think these images show how women are viewed in society, like we have to do all the household chores. All the stories show how men do the house work instead of what society excepts
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Are you seeing the image of a woman ironing as a representation of women being responsible for child rearing and house cleaning? why an image of a woman ironing and not of a woman washing or cooking? Can you make a connection between these images and Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing"? If you had to pick one of the above images to illustrate the story, which one would you choose? Do you mean the stories we read? Isn't the situation of Binh quite different from that of the mother/narrator in "I Stand Here Ironing"?
ReplyDeleteWow! The third image of Picasso's painting, shows a lot of depth. You can see the women's pain, fatigue, thinness and with a sort of obligated position. I loved that image just for the fact that it showed how women took their roles of being "women" but through a real painful view. Not everything was happiness for women who did housework and Picasso's painting truly showed it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Noelia, there is a lot of depth in that picture. Women has always been seen as someone, who lacks of strength. Someone who is weak and is not able to do a "Mans Job". In Picasso's Woman Ironing picture, this women is portrayed as a sad, weak person. Who's future doesn't go more ahead than that ironing board. But in my opinion it takes a lot of patience, courage, and strength to take care of a family, and do all the housework. I find it interesting too, that the picture is painted in gray, but yet you can see some shades of yellow, which to me can mean light. The light we have in us, that not everybody can see.
DeleteNoelia- yes, the fatigue is palpable in Picasso's painting, but do you think his portrayal captures only the time period he created the image? What about the present?
ReplyDeleteCristal- I like your observation about how the woman's life does not extend beyond the ironing board, and about the colors. But is it possible that the woman is tired and malnourished, rather than sad and weak?
In my response, I believe that Picasso's message portrayed in his painting did not only reflect on the time period he lived in. Till today women suffer from husbands who order their wife's to do chores and even sometimes women get bossed around from their own boss's. Although women have more freedom today and gradually are taking more control over things than men, like getting better jobs and putting rules on the household, there are still women that are obligated to be like the woman in Picasso's painting. This is the way we've grown to understand things. Men have always taken control of us and that is why some women still let it happen to them.
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