Present and carry yourself like a precious work of art. Art has always celebrated traditional feminine beauty. Look to art for inspiration. Surround yourself with beautiful images of feminine women and make sure your daughters see them too. Try to find images where the women are smiling or have pleasant expressions.
When I was searching for paintings and sculptures of Black women I noticed that most of them had an unhappy or pained expression, a "strong" or determined look, their hair was covered, they were depicted as slaves or domestics, or they were "mammy" types of images. It's no wonder why these stereotypes still exist. Anything old depicted slaves, mammy types, or women with their hair covered. Modern paintings had women looking hard, determined, or pained! Why can't we be depicted as being happy, carefree, and content with our glorious hair?
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| Kyoko Yamaji |
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| Norman Rockwell |
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| Kyoko Yamaji |
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| Da Vinci |
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| Woman in White by Boscoe Holder |
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| Btianna McCarthy (why so sad looking?) |
The second to last one is called, Woman in White, by Boscoe Holder.
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Also, you should check out Carribean, Latin American or African artists or [art] subjects to find some elegant paintings of BW. Boscoe Holder did other beautiful elegant paintings of BW.
ReplyDeleteAnother favorite of mine is A Tangerian Beauty by
José Tapiró Baró. He's a spainard, but his painting is captivating.
http://www.daheshmuseum.org/collection/popup/baro_beauty.html
Thanks Rosie S, I'll update the post with the info :) I really need to visit some museums and taking in more art.
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