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Aware or unaware that you are being viewed. Discuss the differences between portrayels of women in this chapter where they are aware of being viewed verus being unaware. The women in Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres’ Grande Odalisque and Edouard Manet’s Olympia are aware of the viewers voyeuristic gaze. Mary in Rogier Van Der Weyedens nurses the baby Jesus seemingly unaware of our presence as do the figures in the Iniatiation Rites of Dionysos. What is the viewer invited to do in each case? What is the attitude of the women to being viewed? Which images are the most sexual? The most sensual? The most disturbing? The most provocative? The most controversial? Why?