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Suzie
Unregistered User
(4/22/05 2:35 pm)
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Illustrations
Does anyone think there is a difference, especially in those of Grimm's Fairy Tales, in illustrations done by women versus men?
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darklingthrush
Registered User
(4/23/05 8:42 am)
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Re: Illustrations
Do you mean as far as scene chosen? Style of art, media? There are quite a few options to consider. I myself haven't noticed. Some of my favorite fairy tale illustrators from the Golden Age of Illustration (it just looks better in caps) are men ...Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rakham. But of the more recent illustrators I've found among my favorites more women than men. But again there are a great many factor's that may contribute to this beyond personal preference. What is the ratio of men to women illustrators when it comes to fairy tales? Does this ratio change over time? etc
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Writerpatrick
Registered User
(4/23/05 9:12 am)
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Re: Illustrations
I think it's less a difference of gender as it is of times. 100 years ago, lithography was the main form of illustration. Nowadays there are many tools, particularly computers, to choose from.
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Suzie
Unregistered User
(4/23/05 10:36 am)
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Illustrations
Thank you for your help and ideas. I was curious to discover if there was a difference in how a woman might illustrate the story of the Little Red Riding Hood, for example, versus that of a mans illustrations. And if there truly was a distinct difference, why would that be?
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sara
lindsey
Registered User
(4/25/05 11:28 am)
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Re: Illustrations
Suzie -
I'm just finishing up my senior thesis on LRRH illustrations. I'm rushing to get it done - it's due on April 29th - so I don't have much time to post, but Zipes (in Trials and Tribulations of LRRH) claims that "All the most popular, classical fairy tales have been illustrated basically in a sexist manner, whether the pictures have been drawn by a male or female hand. By sexist I mean that the signs center around male power and rationalize male domination as a norm" (351).
Trials and Tribulations is a great source for this, and you should look at Sandra Beckett's Recycling Red Riding Hood.
-Sara
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darklingthrush
Registered User
(4/25/05 4:29 pm)
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Re: Illustrations
That's something to think about..what scenes are chosen to be illustrated. Many years ago when I was a freshman in college I took a course on Hindu and Early Christian iconography. In the Early Christian works we studied not only were the symbols employed significant to the message that was being portrayed, but also the scenes from the Bible that were chosen. Most often at this point in Church history, the scenes were ones that showed Christ as magical (performing a miracle of sorts with a wand) but more importantly scenes where he was recognized as the son of God (entry into Jerusalem, the Resurrection etc). This was to forward the Church's chosen bent at this time especially as they veered away from Gnostic beliefs.
So the choice of scene may be something you want to pay attention to as well. There may not be much of a difference just because perhaps men and women both choose the same set of key scenes to illustrate. Its interesting to think though that you see more illustrations of Red Riding Hood peering in at the garbed wolf in bed than say Red entering the house, the woods, leaving home. But then perhaps this is just the most arresting scene to represent overall.
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