{"id":533,"date":"2014-06-15T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T12:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2017-09-15T15:34:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:34:34","slug":"female-beauty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/west-african-loom-pulley\/female-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2457\" height=\"1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173.jpg 2457w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/O.1948.SC_.236-e1500382345173-600x461.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2457px) 100vw, 2457px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female heads are a common subject of carved loom pulleys. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/objects\/west-african-loom-pulley\/\">The Courtauld\u2019s example<\/a> has the elaborate hairstyle, scarifications, downcast eyes and open mouth typical of Guro ideals of feminine beauty. At the turn of the 20th century, West African sculpture became popular with European avant garde artists, collectors and critics. The Courtauld\u2019s very small collection of African objects was bequeathed by modern art critic Roger Fry. Valued for their sophisticated and abstracted interpretation of the human form, West African objects had a significant influence on the development of modern art. Modigliani, whose painting, Female Nude, of 1916 is on display nearby, was directly inspired by the aesthetics of the Baule people of C\u00f4te D\u2019Ivoire, neighbours of the Guro.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-533 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/west-african-loom-pulley\/female-beauty-loom-pulley-250x449\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/female-beauty-loom-pulley-250x449.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Guro loom pulley female figure, late 19th \/ early 20th century\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/female-beauty-loom-pulley-250x449.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/female-beauty-loom-pulley-250x449-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-512'>\n\t\t\t\tGuro loom pulley female figure, late 19th \/ early 20th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/west-african-loom-pulley\/dogon-loom-pulley\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/dogon-loom-pulley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Loom pulley featuring a female figure made by the Dogon people of Mali, 16th - 19th century\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/dogon-loom-pulley.jpg 206w, https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/07\/dogon-loom-pulley-112x300.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-510'>\n\t\t\t\tLoom pulley featuring a female figure made by the Dogon people of Mali, 16th &#8211; 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Back to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/objects\/west-african-loom-pulley\/\">West African Loom Pulley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female heads are a common subject of carved loom pulleys. The Courtauld\u2019s example has the elaborate hairstyle, scarifications, downcast eyes and open mouth typical of Guro ideals of feminine beauty. At the turn of the 20th century, West African sculpture became popular with European avant garde artists, collectors and critics. The Courtauld\u2019s very small collection&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/west-african-loom-pulley\/female-beauty\/\" title=\"View &lsquo;Female Beauty&rsquo;\">View <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":534,"parent":497,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-533","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Female Beauty - Illuminating Objects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.courtauld.ac.uk\/illuminating-objects\/illuminating-objects-home\/west-african-loom-pulley\/female-beauty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Female Beauty - Illuminating Objects\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Female heads are a common subject of carved loom pulleys. 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