Picturing Women

The Juxtaposer & Other Interactives

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The Juxtaposer
With The Juxtaposer, you can create your own group of objects picturing women and publish it online, right along side the curator's juxtapositions in the Figuring, Fashioning, Portraiting, and Telling theme sections, for the world to explore. (Fast Internet connection recommended)

 

Trading Faces: Chaning Hairstyles to Change Character
How do we read silhouettes? What is an "attribute"? Decide for yourself by swapping parts of silhouettes from one to another to see how the characters change.

 

Seeing and Being Seen: Why is This Manikin Covering Her Eyes?
What can a nine-inch, 200-year-old female manikin with moveable parts tell us about women's identity? Take her hand and see for yourself.

 

Telling Lives: Telling Stories With Portraits
Portraits aren't just for history any more. Find out for yourself how the story behind a series of photographs taken just a few years ago can change depending upon how you arrange and interpret them.

 

Who Am I? Following the Signs
Try your hand at collecting and following the clues necessary to determine the identity of a woman who sat for her portrait more than 300 years ago.

 

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    Above image courtesy Bryn Mawr College Collections