Investigate Document Present 5101
Image analysis
Exercise 2 – Author and Image
You know the author is Elizabeth Catlett. What else can you say about these images knowing a bit more about her interests and background?
Is there any specific art current that you can pick up from here?
Figure 1. Black Maternity, 1959.
Figure 2. Negra, late 1940s or 1950s. Lithograph.
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You can see a running theme of this woman illustrating mothers with their children. Can we assume she had a child or the struggles of being a black mother. Maybe she wanted a child but couldn’t have one so she was looking up to other mothers?
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I think she wanted to show the work and role that women play in society
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Her smile in this illustration can indicate that she is in the moment and is solely enjoying her kid’s presence. Since mothers commonly say how fast children grow up.
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mary+holding+baby+jesus&sxsrf=AOaemvLRM65CkXqnrDNi7wjom8K9lKLWyQ:1635159003967&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaidT8seXzAhXOB2MBHe5WCQ4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1440&bih=849&dpr=1.5#imgrc=Bi_iyjhACPXVUM
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ROOSEVELT DIES – HARRY TRUMAN PRESIDENT
YALTA CONFERENCE
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED
U.S. DROPS ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN
WORLD WAR II ENDS
https://www.sechistorical.org/museum/timeline/1940-timeline.php
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