The machista formation in the art academy: paternal lineages, stereotypes and academic negations

Abstract

Abstract:The teaching of the female’s drawing figure in art academies was and still is, in many of them, based on the patriarchal vision that provides the woman reclining or sitting on a surface, as an object to be looked at, measured and copied. Along with this basic component of doing, the foundation of history and the theory of art have been based on a vision of paternal lineage whose reference is the great male geniuses of art history and aesthetic philosophy. The aim of this article is to reflect on the way in which a macho model has been implemented in artistic training, which could even occur in other areas of knowledge It also has the purpose of inviting to think methodologies with respect to the approaches to the body and to the woman as subject, deeply exploring its possibility or not to participate actively in art history and academia. We review some first line authors who have taken up the subject, we have assimilated them to close experiences in some art academies and we propose a reflection for artistic formation.