Art Theory project brain dump - BVA213

What do I want to explore?

Pinup girls 
Sex sells
modern pin up girl
sexualisation of mothers was a no go
beauty standards now vs then
paintings?
photography?
perspective on pin up girls. Male, female and feminist 
oil painting, ink work, Neo traditional.
sexual oppression or empowerment? 
Male pinup vs female pinup
war - pinup? - film noir - femtale
change in idealization
different cultures different beauty standards
Stay at home wife

http://www.maximhy.com/blog/2015/03/25/is-there-an-acceptable-female-body-shape/

https://vintagedancer.com/vintage/how-to-do-vintage-style-makeup/

Is Modern Pinup Culture Sexually Empowering — Or Oppressive?

The Establishment

Jun 9, 2016

By Naomi Elster

"A retro aesthetic does not necessarily reflect the personal mores or politics of the women wearing it, any more than wearing hotpants implies consent. While some may feel that the suggestive nature of pinup poses clashes with feminist efforts against the objectification of women, the notion of sexual empowerment is, of course, more fraught than this."

- https://medium.com/the-establishment/the-complicated-ethics-of-the-modern-pinup-3ae22e627f3b

"It’s true that the objectification of women has been — and remains — a tool of oppression, but it is also true that the myth that a woman shouldn’t derive any sexual pleasure for herself is oppressive as well. Writer Joanna Frueh succinctly resolves this paradox when she states, “As long as I am an erotic subject, I am not averse to being an erotic object.” " - https://medium.com/the-establishment/the-complicated-ethics-of-the-modern-pinup-3ae22e627f3b 

"But underlying all of this positivity is the pressure women put on ourselves to be perceived as beautiful, and that pressure is a gendered one. Feeling beautiful and comfortable in our own skin is important, but there’s a difference between a personal confidence and entering competitions in the hope that others will validate our beauty." -  https://medium.com/the-establishment/the-complicated-ethics-of-the-modern-pinup-3ae22e627f3b 

Modern pinup artist that are women - 

Carla Wyzgala

"Carla Wyzgala, aka Carlations, is a watercolor pin-up illustrator of all things pretty ladies and her Skull Masquerade series, interlacing beauty with the bones of the beast.  Using vintage pin-ups and the art of burlesque as inspiration for an unapologetic balance between femininity and strength, her work is a celebration of the female form.  And as the co-creator and illustrator of Hidden Door Comics, she is proud to hold on to a traditional medium and story-book influences within the big-muscled and digitally-colored comic book industry, one watercolor fairytale graphic novel at a time.

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She is a member of the Bad Apples Artist Collective and has been showing her artwork internationally at galleries and comic conventions since earning a BFA from the American Academy of Art, Chicago in 2009.  Carla currently lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband and tattooer Justin Tauch, but they will always also call Chicago home. When they are not in the studio they are usually off adventuring. " - http://www.carlations.com/about.html

The History of Pin-Up Art 

The Art History Archive - Erotica

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/pinupart/

Many “pin ups” were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable. Her poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of GIs during World War II. Others pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought particularly a beautiful or attractive woman should look like. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson girl, drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The genre also gave rise to several well-known artists specializing in the field, including Alberto Vargas and George Petty, and numerous lesser artists such as Art Frahm.

These days men can be considered “pin ups” as well and there are male equivalents of attractive and sexy actors such as Brad Pitt or numerous male models. The counterpart term to “cheesecake” is “beefcake”

Pin-Up Artists:

Addams, Lara

Armstrong, Rolf

Ballantyne, Joyce

Olivia de Berardinis

Blanton, Mark

Bolles, Enoch

Brule, Al

Chiriaka, Ernest

D'Ancona, Edward

Driben, Peter

Ekman, Harry

Elvgren, Gil

Erbit, Jules

Harrison, Fisher

Henslee, Jack

Hildebrandt, Greg

Janesko, Jennifer

Kacere, John

Layne, Bill

Jerry von Lind

Medcalf, Bill

Meunier, Susanne

Moran, Earl

Mozert, Zoe

Munson, K.O.

Nagel, Patrick

Pearl, Frush

Petty, George

Ramos, Meir

Randall, Bill

Runci, Edward

Sarger, Xavier

Sorayama, Hajime

Thompson, T.N.

Vargas, Alberto

Billy de Vorss

Willis, Fritz

Withers, Ted