{"id":1471,"date":"2017-02-07T03:29:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T03:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/masteryart1-91\/?post_type=chapter&p=1471"},"modified":"2018-10-31T00:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T00:57:27","slug":"module-2-forum-4-extra-credit-power-of-stereotypes","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-artappreciation\/chapter\/module-2-forum-4-extra-credit-power-of-stereotypes\/","title":{"raw":"Module 2 Forum 4 Extra Credit Power of Stereotypes","rendered":"Module 2 Forum 4 Extra Credit Power of Stereotypes"},"content":{"raw":"Class,<\/span>\r\n\r\nI will add 10 points to one of your assignment grades when the course is over for any student who discusses this with another student, and or myself.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWe have looked at Chris Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary in one of the discussions in this module. As I hope that you have discovered in researching that image, it has provoked outcry from many quarters.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe mayor of NY pulled funding from the Brooklyn Museum, because of the Catholic's Church, and their negative reaction to it.<\/span>\r\n\r\nOne of the issues often spoken about , was the fact that Ofili's Virgin clearly was not accurate. We know that the real Mother of God, was a virginal\u00a0white woman, wearing the traditional virginal dress.<\/span>\r\n\r\nHere is an image by the renaissance artist Raphael, which is an almost photographic image of the true Virgin, The Cowper Madonna:<\/span>\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/wm\/paint\/auth\/raphael\/cowper.jpg<\/a>\r\n\r\nHere she is, an Italian beauty with blonde hair, small nose; and perfect features.<\/span>\r\n\r\nClearly, Ofili's Virgin is a fraud, being a wide nosed woman of color. She is wearing an insulting type of Sari, found on a woman of North Africa, or the Middle East.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWait a minute, wasn't the Virgin Mary in the Bible, a woman from the Middle East?<\/span>\r\n\r\nI wonder what type of clothing she might have worn?<\/span>\r\n\r\nSo, what does this have to do with Trayvon Martin? I am not trying to take sides in the events that led to Trayvon's death, but I think we can find some common ground between Ofili's Madonna.<\/span>\r\n\r\nTwo images stuck in my mind from following the story over the last few months. The first time we saw a picture of Trayvon, it was clearly him as a young boy in a hoodie, not exactly the 17 year old young man. But the second, and\u00a0close up image of the young man isn't\u00a0accurate because the lens\u00a0has\u00a0exaggerated\u00a0his face, and it is an<\/span> African face.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMaybe the outcry against Ofili's Virgin Mary has to do with our point of view, and stereotypes?<\/span>\r\n\r\nMaybe our perception of Trayvon has to do with our point of view, and stereotypes?<\/span>\r\n\r\nLeave behind the elephant dung, and the pornographic images, which you can certainly find them insulting to the Catholic Church. But did race play a part in reaction to Ofili's art?<\/span>\r\n\r\nI find it fascinating that a man hurled white paint on the painting as a protest against the image.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhy not throw black paint on the picture?<\/span>\r\n\r\nAnyway, what do you think?<\/span>\r\n\r\nI would like you to discuss these ideas in this forum. Stay away from the actual court case, and the events of the last year.<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nCan beauty truly be in the eyes of the beholder? Can we see the same event, or picture in entirely different ways?<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhen some see a hoodie, they see fashion. When others see a hoodie, do they see gangsta?<\/span>\r\n\r\nDo some look at Ofili's Madonna, they might see disrespect, while others might see beauty?<\/span>\r\n\r\nI don't mind if you bring some of the ideas here into the other discussion on Ofili in this module.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMr. S.<\/span>","rendered":"

Class,<\/span><\/p>\n

I will add 10 points to one of your assignment grades when the course is over for any student who discusses this with another student, and or myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have looked at Chris Ofili’s Holy Virgin Mary in one of the discussions in this module. As I hope that you have discovered in researching that image, it has provoked outcry from many quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mayor of NY pulled funding from the Brooklyn Museum, because of the Catholic’s Church, and their negative reaction to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the issues often spoken about , was the fact that Ofili’s Virgin clearly was not accurate. We know that the real Mother of God, was a virginal\u00a0white woman, wearing the traditional virginal dress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is an image by the renaissance artist Raphael, which is an almost photographic image of the true Virgin, The Cowper Madonna:<\/span><\/p>\n

Here she is, an Italian beauty with blonde hair, small nose; and perfect features.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clearly, Ofili’s Virgin is a fraud, being a wide nosed woman of color. She is wearing an insulting type of Sari, found on a woman of North Africa, or the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wait a minute, wasn’t the Virgin Mary in the Bible, a woman from the Middle East?<\/span><\/p>\n

I wonder what type of clothing she might have worn?<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what does this have to do with Trayvon Martin? I am not trying to take sides in the events that led to Trayvon’s death, but I think we can find some common ground between Ofili’s Madonna.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two images stuck in my mind from following the story over the last few months. The first time we saw a picture of Trayvon, it was clearly him as a young boy in a hoodie, not exactly the 17 year old young man. But the second, and\u00a0close up image of the young man isn’t\u00a0accurate because the lens\u00a0has\u00a0exaggerated\u00a0his face, and it is an<\/span> African face.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe the outcry against Ofili’s Virgin Mary has to do with our point of view, and stereotypes?<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe our perception of Trayvon has to do with our point of view, and stereotypes?<\/span><\/p>\n

Leave behind the elephant dung, and the pornographic images, which you can certainly find them insulting to the Catholic Church. But did race play a part in reaction to Ofili’s art?<\/span><\/p>\n

I find it fascinating that a man hurled white paint on the painting as a protest against the image.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why not throw black paint on the picture?<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, what do you think?<\/span><\/p>\n

I would like you to discuss these ideas in this forum. Stay away from the actual court case, and the events of the last year.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Can beauty truly be in the eyes of the beholder? Can we see the same event, or picture in entirely different ways?<\/span><\/p>\n

When some see a hoodie, they see fashion. When others see a hoodie, do they see gangsta?<\/span><\/p>\n

Do some look at Ofili’s Madonna, they might see disrespect, while others might see beauty?<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t mind if you bring some of the ideas here into the other discussion on Ofili in this module.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. S.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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