Women in Art – Illustrations, Part 1

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• The collection is an idealized vision of feminine beauty that whoever put this collection together had in common with the artists. I realize that women who are bitter and/or not content with their physical appearance are inclined to turn their insecurity and jealousy into aggressive criticism towards whoever or whatever is responsible for making them feel uncomfortable, this is a subconscious virtue at the heart of feminism, and it is understandable that they feel the need to vent their emotions by criticizing this collection, but it shouldn't be an attempt take away from the undeniable beauty of some of these pieces. This is a particular rendition of female beauty, and it happens to be one of the most popular, if you feel this collection doesn't exemplify your particular "feminist" viewpoints then you should go view or create a page that is more feminist friendly (maybe even one with a few token fat chicks since the perfection of these women's figures so offends you) instead of trying to take credit away from this collection.

  The first three peices are some of the best works ive seen in a while, art has suffered alot recently and its refreshing to see something that is visually pleasing, meaningful, and deep. It seems like the affection of the mindless masses is focused on industrialized dribble like that of Jeff Koons and the artists who crap on their canvases.

• Great pictures! The colours meshed beautifully. Just a quick question, though: were they all drawn/painted/digitally made or did the more realistic ones actually have models? It's getting to the point where I can't tell the difference.

• Though 'S' makes some very good points concerning the role of art and the human form, I can kind of see why Jennifer would feel that the headline was a bit of a let down. Art is also a celebration of human expression. And the number of women represented as subjects of art, RATHER than women being the artists themselves is very disproportional. Jennifer was probably hoping for something that celebrated female creativity, rather than simply female beauty.

• I like the first more abstract ones, but then become bored with the overly sexualized ones. Really, it seems at this point that depicting these Tomb-Raider-esque women is just unoriginal. And it can give men a bad rap too... maybe they really are that shallow?

• Anastasia, thank you so much for your energy and effort in collecting and sharing this. I find them all truly beautiful and inspiring. The models, the styles, the colors, the art... I love. So much respect to the artists.

  As for the 'controversy' taking place in the comments...

  You guys are awesome too, I really enjoyed reading them all. I'm sure they're productive and people are learning something, Keep rockin'!

  I'm excited for part 2!

• thanks for posting these, great artistic form

• sigh, feminists

• I'm a woman, the artwork of women was fine, stylised and some of it, very good. Possibly the actual compaint is that the actual woman, individual woman, may not have 'stood' alone. Most of the pictures were conceptualized pictures of women and that is OK and again, some of the conceptualizations were very good!

  I know of a digital artist, his name is John Matthews and this man is a genius. He does pictures of women that capture your gaze due to their depth of understanding of pysche. Don't know where he is now, he is quite elusive.

  But anyway, I hope this string of work of artwork/women will grow with more additions to the site. The software Poser program can only go so far - true digital artwork must go beyond that, blending subtle additional layers the digital 'canvas'.

• I'm just complaining about the dearth of men in art. Are you not beautiful when you are idealized and sexualized? I'd like to see some of that. For those of us who do not look at women in a sexual way, that aspect is lost on us. Personally I am bored with the narrow range of art I see on the internet. Alas I am not an artist, just someone who would enjoy looking at hunky
  men in advertising and other art. Like Beckham - that's a wonderful example. I've got all his paper ads torn out and taped up on my fridge, above my desk, in my bedroom, etc. Let's see way more of that kind of art!

• Pictures are beautiful. I love it.