- http://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaizdas:AACHEN,_Hans_von_-_Bacchus,_Ceres_and_Cupid_-_WGA.jpg
I believe that the relationship between man and woman has staid in stasis and that we have not moved on, which can be easily seen through the two pictures above. The first image is “Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid” by Von Aachein. The image right under it is Rihanna’s new cover photo for he album. The first image depicts a nude woman with her male lover staring suggestively at the viewer. This hits on one of Berger’s essential arguments on human condition. In his argument women are born into the world always surveyed by men. Women therefore become the surveyors and the surveyed, believing these to be two distinct elements of them being women. In “Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid” the woman in the painting distinctly looks at the viewer and away from her lover. The underlying suggestion in this painting is that the viewer is male and therefore she is appealing to him. John Berger goes further by arguing that in paintings men act while woman appear. This relationship is displayed even further in our society with the image of Rihanna. In the image Rihanna is completely naked with words covering her body and incidentally her face as well. The image depicts Rihanna as a sexual object and not the talented artist that she is. You would be hard pressed to find a cover photo of a male singer so suggestively displayed. Burgers view that women watch themselves being watched by men is found in the two images. Both images obviously speak loudest to the men and are intended for their eyes.
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