Art, Gaze, and Women:From 19th-Century Paris to Impressionism

 

 

This tour invites us to step into 19th-century Paris — a moment when art begins to change fundamentally. Through works by Courbet, Manet, Renoir, Morisot, Monet, and Van Gogh, we will trace the transition from Realism to Impressionism and the birth of the modern gaze: painting that not only describes the world, but examines how we experience it.

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But this is also a story about women. The women who appear in paintings — models, bourgeois women, figures of the new city — and the women who stood behind the brush. We will examine how the figure of the woman changes: from an idealized object of the gaze to a modern woman who looks back at the viewer, and how artists like Berthe Morisot operate within a system that was not built for them.

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The tour combines fascinating stories about the artists' lives, artistic scandals, and offers a new way of looking at familiar works. This is an encounter with a moment when art becomes more personal, more daring, and perhaps more honest.

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Details:

• - Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side

• - 2 hour tour

• - Private tours available Thursday to Tuesday, 10am-3pm

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Pricing:

•  $300 for up to 4 guests, plus $50 per additional guest *please note this price does not include museum tickets

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