NatalieRivas

Artistsname:StanislausVonChlebowski
TitleofPiece:PurchasingaSlave,1879.
Ithinkthemeaningofthetitleisjustdescribingahardtimeorsomethingbadthatis
occurringinthepicture,thetitledoesntliterallymeanthereisapurchasingofaslave.

Thereisalotofmeaninginthispicture.Ithinkwhatitreallymeansisthatbothmenand
womenarecapableofhavingpowerandnothavingpower.Ireallythinkitbringsinthemeaning
ofwomenbeingabletodothesamethingsthatmencandoandmencandothesamethings
womencando.Bothgendersareequallythesame.Imtheleftpictureitshowsawomenbeing
shownbymen,andintherightpictureitshowsameninsteadbeingshownbywomeninpower.
Ithinkswitchingtherolesofthemenandwomeninthesetwopicturesreallybringsinalotof
meaningtogenderroles.

Ithinkthatwiththisartpiecetheartistwastryingtoexpressthebiasofgenderroles.In
bothpicturesitshowsthesameeventoccurring,butthegenderrolesareswitched.Thepeople
thatarebuyingtheslavesinbothpicturesseemtobeofhigherpowerlookingtobuyaslave.In
thefirstpictureitshowsamanseeingtobuyawoman,butinthesecondpictureitshows
womenlookingtobuyamaleslave.Ithinkthisreallybringsthewholemeaningofwomenbeing
capableofdoingthesamethingsthatmendo.

Ithinktheartistrealismandsocialconstructivism,becauseslaverywassomethingthat
reallyhadhappeninthepast,butitwassomethingthatsocietyhadcomeupwith.Ithinkthat
theartistisalsotryingtoshowthebothsidesofwomenandmenduringthiseraandhowthey
werebothsocialconstructivism.