Femininity
Drowning Self. Staging the Charm of the Strange, the Power of the Different, the Beauty of Death
By: MAYA JERRENTRUP – In (amateur) model photography, it is very popular to stage women close to or in water. This motif refers to aquatic creatures that can be distinguished into various categories: the gentle Meerjungfrau and the dangerous Nixe (both translate mermaid), as well as the iconic “Ophelia” who is also associated with an…
Femininity as Divinity. Depiction of Goddesses at Kailash Temple Ellora
By: RAJPAL, KUSHAL PARKASH – The sculptural representation of the Indian goddesses carries divine procreative powers in exaggeration of the globular pendulousness of breasts. Accordingly, there is an emphasis on heavy hips and pudenda. There are inherent movements and livelihood in Indian sculptural art. They are depicted sometimes in a posture of dancing quite often…