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  2. List of 17th-century women artists - Wikipedia

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    17th-century women artistsfemale painters, miniaturists, calligraphers, engravers and sculptors who were active in 17th century (born between 1580 and 1700).

  3. Figure drawing - Wikipedia

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    The limited access to nude figures impeded the careers and development of female artists. The most prestigious forms of painting required in-depth knowledge of anatomy that was systematically denied to women, [ 12 ] who were thereby relegated to less-regarded forms of painting such as genre , still life , landscape , and portraiture .

  4. Female body shape - Wikipedia

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    [50] [51] According to Dr. Devendra Singh of the University of Texas, who studied the representations of women, historically found there was a trend for slightly overweight women in the 17th and 18th centuries, as typified by the paintings of Rubens, but that in general there has been a preference for a slimmer waist in Western culture. He ...

  5. Body proportions - Wikipedia

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    Waist-to-height ratio: the average ratio for US college competitive swimmers is 0.424 (women) and 0.428 (men); the ratios for a (US) normally healthy man or woman is 0.46–0.53 and 0.45–0.49 respectively; the ratio ranges beyond 0.63 for morbidly obese individuals. [15]

  6. The Cholmondeley Ladies - Wikipedia

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    The Cholmondeley Ladies (pronounced / ˈ tʃ ʌ m l i / CHUM-lee) is an early-17th-century English oil painting depicting two women seated upright and side by side in bed, each holding a baby. Measuring 88.6 by 172.3 centimetres (34.9 in × 67.8 in), it was painted on four joined panels of oak, probably in the first decade of the 17th century.

  7. Category:17th-century women artists - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "17th-century women artists" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  8. Portrait painting - Wikipedia

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    Madame Récamier (1800), in the height of Neoclassical fashion, Jacques-Louis David. In the late 18th century and early 19th century, neoclassical artists continued the tradition of depicting subjects in the latest fashions, which for women by then, meant diaphanous gowns derived from ancient Greek and Roman clothing styles. The artists used ...

  9. Category:17th-century English women artists - Wikipedia

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    It includes English artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "17th-century English women artists" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.