John Berger - Ways of Seeing - Images to accompany the blog

Tintoretto, Susanna and the Elders, c1555

http://uploads3.wikipaintings.org/images/tintoretto/susanna-and-the-elders.jpg

Often this image is given a disingenerous subtitle of 'Vanity' as a jibe at Susanna who is show with a mirror, which as Berger points out is one of the 'reflections' women are subjected to.  I believe it would rather suit the subtile of ‘Voyeurs’ or possibly just as apt 'Dirty Old Men'!

Rubens - The Judgement of Paris c1597/99

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/peter-paul-rubens-the-judgement-of-paris

Berger comments on the many images of Paris’s judgment, possibly the very first beauty pageant.  According to mythology Paris chose the most beautiful woman, as depicted below, making this a further judgement of women. 

Rubens - Helene Fourment c1636/38

 http://artreproductionsmasterpiece.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peter-paul-rubens-helena-fourment-in-a-fur-warp-het-pelsken-1.jpg

Ruben's painting of his wife is considered by Berger to be an example of one of the rare images of a woman revealed as herself.