A Study of the Feminist Approach to Critique and Analysis of Artworks with Emphasis on the "Painter's Studio" by Gustav Courbet

Theory of Feminism with different approaches such as radical, anarchist, "abolitionist", Christian, and so on, focusing on the woman and her social status is one of the theories that provides researchers with an opportunity to analyze artworks. The purpose of this study was to analyze this theory and its social and artistic functions by analyzing one of the works of the painter Gustave Courbet called the "painter's Studio".The purpose of this research was purely theoretical in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytic in terms of method. Information was also obtained in a library research method. In this research, after studying the theory of feminism from the perspective of different theorists, Courbet's speeches process and then the mentioned artwork were discussed.Studies show that the presence of the naked woman in this work is a continuation of the western tradition of nude painting and a predominantly sexual desire to depict a woman's naked body.The position of women in this work reflects their embodiment of standard and conventional conditions for women, as well as their passivity in accepting the conditions imposed upon them. Unlike men who hold social positions such as emperor, minister, revolutionary, poet, philosopher and collector, none of the women are known in the work.