Surrealism's praying mantis and castrating woman

Author

Markus, Ruth

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Woman's art journal. 2000, Num. 1, Vol. 21, 33-39, 7 ill.

ISSN

0270-7993

Abstract (en)

Explores the fascination of the male Surrealist artists with the praying mantis. Notes that the two most prominent motifs in their art, metamorphosis and vagina dentata, are represented frequently through the image of the mantis. Associates the mantis image with the ambivalent, if not misogynistic, attitude of the Surrealists towards women. Discusses works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Alberto Giacometti, among others.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945
• Art
• Surrealism
• Praying mantis
• Women
• Misogyny
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
• Spain
• France
• 1900-2000

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945
• Art
• Surréalisme
• Mante religieuse
• Femmes
• Misogynie
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
• Espagne
• France
• 1900-2000

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20040101-00072331

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