Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exhibit categorizes the new moralizing into particular issues, such as "Good and Bad Wives," "Deceptive and Deadly Women," and "Heroic Women." Much of the work is decidedly chauvanist, apparently designed as a warning to men to beware of women...
...extensive supplementary material which accompanies the exhibit discusses a relatively subtle process -- the religious, political, and social upheavals of the Reformation, and how these affected the art of the times. Adherents of the Protestant Reformation in 16th-century Germany and the Netherlands not only contested the doctrines of the Church, but also its supposed idolotry. While the Church was busy commissioning the majority of artists into its service, many Protestants were claiming that worshipping the images was sacrilege. As a result, Protestants defaced and detroyed church murals, stained glass windows, and alterpieces...
While the exhibit features notables such as Rembrandt and Albrecht Altdorfer, the heart of its message lies in the fact that the body of this new, Old Testament moralizing on women's roles was not created by an artistic elite, but rather by the popular press. The exhibit stresses the fact that these prints were intended for a wide, though perhaps sophisticated, audience, and that they were bought for their content, not their artistic value...
...Fogg plans to continue its exploration of society's perception of women in the Spring. Although employing the same trendy tripartite alliteration, "Power, Pleasure, & Pain," this exhibit will update "Chaste, Chased, & Chastened" by displaying contemporary...
...your plans for this weekend include brushing up your cocktail-party knowledge of famous artists, this exhibit is not for you. If, however, you find yourself in more of a reflective mood with pipe in hand, "Chaste, Chased, & Chastened" provides a fascinating insight into the age-old interplay between art, tradition and profound cultural questioning...