Diane Victor: Weighing and Wanting
"Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses of a sub-humanly ugly mate?" - Germaine Greer, Academician... read more on Diane Victor by clicking on the link below:
http://afhsouthafrica.blogspot.com/2011/08/weighing-and-wantingthe-private.html
link to Art for humanity site
See if you can analyse this print based on the following questions:
1. What type of beauty does this piece discuss? (refer to visual clues to support your answer) [2]
2. How does the women feel? (refer to visual clues to support your answer) [3]
3. Who is putting pressure on (i.e controlling) the women to conform to this type of beauty? (refer to visual clues to support your answer) [2]
4. How do the dark tones in the background of the image make you feel? [1]
5. What products does the women use to make herself feel beautiful?(refer to visual clues to support your answer) [2]
6. Research and discuss Diane Victor's etching technique. [2]
7. Try an etching using cardboard click on the link below for tips: http://aquarel.blogspot.com/2007/11/dry-point-prints-and-special-dry-point.html [3]
Total : 18 marks
[12 marks for 1-6 + 3 marks for sentence structure &grammar + 3 marks for practical experiment=18]
[12 marks for 1-6 + 3 marks for sentence structure &grammar + 3 marks for practical experiment=18]
http://www.siobancoppinger.co.uk/techniques/ - etching explanation
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/etching.html -etching explanation & video clip
Gabisile Nkosi: Sisterhood
http://afhsouthafrica.blogspot.com/2011/08/sisterhooddancing-with-angels.html
Create an infographic on Diane Victor using the link or QR code below:
link to Google doc on Diane Victor Infographic & worksheet
Create an infographic on Diane Victor using the link or QR code below:
link to Google doc on Diane Victor Infographic & worksheet
Caro Schnittker 9B - Weighing & Wanting Answers.
ReplyDelete1) This piece discusses outward beauty as you see by some of the visual clues such as the scale she is weighing herself on, the tape measure and the accessories on her dresser, which all indicate physical beauty.
2) The woman feels self-conscious, unhappy with her physical appearance and pressured into looking a certain way, as indicated by the dark tones used, as well as her unhappy facial expressions and also her body language indicates lo self-esteem.
3) The silhouette behind her (who appears to be a male) seems to putting pressure on her, so he could be her boyfriend or maybe a guy she likes, and she feels the need to look a certain way to be good enough for him.
4) The dark tones in the background make me feel sad and gives me a negative energy, it also gives a feeling of emptiness and loneliness.
5) The woman uses things like make-up and beauty products to make herself feel more beautiful, as you see by the brush, mirror, make-up and perfume on the dresser.
Sorry I forgot question 6 -
DeleteDiane Victor's technique is to scratch (etching) on cardboard or metal with a sharp object to create a picture, then ink and print it.
Thank-you for your response caroline.
DeleteHannah Howard 9B - weighing and wanting answers.
ReplyDelete1. This piece discusses the physical beauty of the woman. It is physical beauty because the girls body is skinny and she is weighing herself. She is also measuring herself with a tape measure around her waist.
2. It makes the woman feel pressurized and depressed. She feels pressurized because the male figure behind her has his hand on her shoulder and is right behind the her. The woman is also kneeling which shows that she is inferior to the male figure. The girl feels depressed because in the mirror she sees a perfect woman that is not her. The woman in the mirror is happy and she wants to be like that perfect,happy woman.
3. The male figure is putting pressure on the woman. The male figure has his hand on her skinny shoulder and is making the woman kneel down to seem weak and inferior. He is right behind her and looks like he is control of her and her life.
4. The dark tones make me feel scared, sad and depressed. The dark tones indicate that it is an unhappy situation.
5. The brush, the make-up and perfume on the table help to create the illusion that the girl is more beautiful with those products instead of being happy with her natural, true beauty.
6. Diane Victor's editing technique is when you scratch on cardboard or a metal then ink it to create this unique picture.
thank-you for your comments hannah! you have a competent understanding on the commentary on beauty, but need to research the etching technique further.
Delete1) this piece discusses exterior beauty, it is the physical beauty and we know this because she is using the scale and measuring tape to judge her physical body.
ReplyDelete2) the women feels self conscious, sad and humiliated. We can see this because of the dark colours used in the image .
3) the figure in the background is controlling her other wise seen as society which pressuring her into looking skinny and changing her physical appearance.
4)the dark tones make me feel sad and depressed, and gives off the feeling of loneliness.
5)the woman uses a scale, hairbrush, mirror and measuring tape to try and make herself feel beautiful .
6) Diane victor uses the etching technique which is to scratch into cardboard or metal and the cover it in ink and print it to make a final image.
Chelsey Randle 9B