An Analysis of Daniel Pasmore’s "The Letter Carrier 1862" E-Book

Ilias Najih

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

Essay from the year 2023 in the subject Art - Miscellaneous, , course: Représentations de la féminité dans les arts visuels britanniques-19ème siècle, language: English, abstract: Nineteenth-century paintings about women and birds aim at representing and calling into question the Victorian feminine ideal that consigned women to the domestic sphere as angels in the house (Sanford). These paintings were constructed for the purpose of highlighting the relationship between women and birds, stressing how they were both domesticated and captivated. Emphasis is also placed on the ideology of separate spheres that associates men with the public domain and women with the private sphere, the household. The division between the two spheres was meant to consign women to the household and hence protect them from the dangers of the Industrial Revolution. In this regard, this paper is devoted to analyzing Daniel Pasmore’s The Letter Carrier, showing how this formal analysis contributes to understanding the theme of immobility and imprisonment in the artwork under close inspection.