This document discusses the history and evolution of feminism through three waves. The first wave in the late 19th/early 20th century focused on legal rights like voting and property ownership. The second wave in the 1960s-70s aimed to radically change society and culture by critiquing patriarchal systems. Second wave feminists believed gender was socially constructed. The third wave from the 1990s addressed limitations of previous waves by recognizing diversity among women. Art history has also evolved, from ignoring or objectifying women, to critiquing the "male gaze" and elevating women artists.

1. Feminism and Art History

7. First-Wave Feminism: Late 19 th /Early 20 th Centuries

14. Second-Wave Feminism: 1960s/1970s

18. WWI images

31. The Birth of Venus , Botticelli, 1482-1486

32. The Venus of Urbino , Titian, 1538

33. Olympia , Manet, 1863

34. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon , Picasso, 1907

36. Second-wave Feminist artists critique the “gaze”:

37. Feminist Graffiti

38. Guerilla Girls 1989

39. Barbara Kruger Your Body Is a Battleground (1989)

42. Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofornes 1612-1613

43. A rtemisia Gentileschi Susanna and the E lders 1610

44. Second-Wave Feminist artists critique the position of women artists in art history:

45. A rtemisia Gentileschi Guerrilla and the Elders 1610 (from The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art. )

47. Second-Wave Feminist artists critique the treatment of women’s arts:

48. Miriam Schapiro Lost and Found 1998

54. My Bed (signed “J Bloggs”) Tracey Emin 1999

55. Prize of Lilies: Portrait of Joseph Makea 1986 Fiona Pardington