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Self-Portrait with Two Pupils by Adelaide Labille-Guiard. Adelaide sits at an easel holding a palette with her two pupils, Marie Capet and Marie-Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond, behind her.
How does the artist include an element of role reversal in the image above?
a.
there are no men, to emphasize they are not the most important
b.
the only male figure in the painting is a bust of her father, who acts as her muse
c.
the artist plays the role of the usual “male”
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Labille-Guiard casts herself in the authoritative, professional role usually reserved for male artists—at the easel, palette in hand and teaching two female pupils—reversing the usual gendered positions of artist and sitter.
Labille-Guiard casts herself in the authoritative, professional role usually reserved for male artists—at the easel, palette in hand and teaching two female pupils—reversing the usual gendered positions of artist and sitter.
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