These were very helpful - I was tutoring a student who had to analyze a film through the lens of this article, and I had no idea how to help until I was able to point her to these videos.
Very well presented but you kinda lost me when you chose Olympia as an example of the voyeuristic portrayal of women in art as it's literally the only painting up until that point in history that doesn't follow that pattern of portrayal as she IS looking back at us :(
great point! I 100 percent agree. The Manet works much better as a companion to the Akerman rather than that which Akerman is responding to. But I might add that the fact of looking back is less novel than the *manner* of looking back, combined with a host of other formal features that made the painting so shocking. Olympia is modeled after Titian's Venus of Urbino from 1534 which does indeed involve Venus gazing back at the spectator, but most accounts will argue that the painting does enough work to signify Venus's lack of agency and status as erotic object. The example I should have used for clarity and simplicity, though, should have been something like Giorgione's Sleeping Venus. Thanks for the comment as it's a great insight.
This fella deserves a Nobel prize in teaching. So clear, precise, to the point etc, bloody hell I loved it
Its an extraordinary illustration of a complex phenomenon. Thanks for taking your time to make it simple for all of us. Very insightful!
Many thanks!
Not a film student but was curious about the male gaze! Very digestible. Thank you!
These were very helpful - I was tutoring a student who had to analyze a film through the lens of this article, and I had no idea how to help until I was able to point her to these videos.
These series are amazing! Thank you so muuuuuch
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Thank you so much, I have my exams in few days. You're a life saver 😭😭😭
Very well presented but you kinda lost me when you chose Olympia as an example of the voyeuristic portrayal of women in art as it's literally the only painting up until that point in history that doesn't follow that pattern of portrayal as she IS looking back at us :(
great point! I 100 percent agree. The Manet works much better as a companion to the Akerman rather than that which Akerman is responding to. But I might add that the fact of looking back is less novel than the *manner* of looking back, combined with a host of other formal features that made the painting so shocking. Olympia is modeled after Titian's Venus of Urbino from 1534 which does indeed involve Venus gazing back at the spectator, but most accounts will argue that the painting does enough work to signify Venus's lack of agency and status as erotic object. The example I should have used for clarity and simplicity, though, should have been something like Giorgione's Sleeping Venus. Thanks for the comment as it's a great insight.
Hi ! Loved this video thank you, would you have other film references that defeat the sense of the male gaze similar to la chambre ?
Maybe Mulvey's own film, Riddles of the Sphinx?
i love movies and i love your contents so bad!
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"Masculine agency"
I like that
I’m trying to find La Shaumbra - do you have any links?
Yup, La Chambre: th-cam.com/video/wCF5gqpXd6E/w-d-xo.html