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The women soldiers were rigorously trained in pain, endurance and speed. Once training was completed they were given uniforms. [ citation needed ] By the mid-19th century, they numbered between 1,000 and 6,000 women, about a third of the entire Dahomey army, according to reports written by visitors.
About 70% of women who wear bras wear a steel underwire bra according to underwear manufacturer S&S Industries of New York in 2009. [208] In 2001, 70% (350 million) of the bras sold in the U.S. were underwire bras. [209] [208] As of 2005, underwire bras were the fastest-growing segment of the market. [210]
The display of this painting among African tribal masks was intended to correlate the masks as the inspiration for the features Picasso painted on the women in Les Demoiselles. [ 75 ] The exhibition's catalogue states that the pejorative ethnographic and political connotations of 'primitivism' were not the lens of the exhibition's curation.
Models (painting) Morgan le Fay (painting) Moses and his Ethiopian wife Zipporah; Mother and Child (Cassatt) Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid; Mother with Child; A Mother's Duty; Mothers, Sisters; Mrs. Atkinson (Gwen John) The Musician (Bartholomeus van der Helst painting) Musidora: The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'
War art creates a visual account of military conflict by showing its impact as men and women are shown waiting, preparing, fighting, suffering, and celebrating. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] The subjects encompass many aspects of war, and the individual's experience of war, whether allied or enemy, service or civilian, military or political, social or cultural.
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In the 19th century, the female nude abounds more than ever—especially in the second half of the century—more than in any other period in the history of art. However, the female role changes to become a mere object of sexual desire, in a process of dehumanization of the female figure, subjected to the dictates of a predominantly macho society.