Woman has been depicted in all mediums throughout the ages, although her image and content have always taken on varying interpretations. Beauty has always been epitomized in the human figure - from an inexhaustible longing for perfection. Naturally her feminineaspects and her unconscious awareness of the rythms of nature made her central to the making of myths. She was depended upon as the Earth Mother - the creator and preserver of the species. And her mysteries reverberated throughout the ages. The discovery of the earliest Aurignacian Head (20,000 B.C) [Fig. 2] reiterates this. She is not only woman but also prophetess. Chap. 1, p. 2.

This research paper focuses on a specific period in western art history. The eighteenth and ninteenth centuries held fascination for the author as it marked the beginnings of modern science, a time when the artist and scientist collaborated in a mythical search for a key to unlock the mysterious realm to the unknown. The artist/scientist set on course to discover a new frontier thought to be buried somewhere in woman's body.The paper has been formulated into three chapters. The author has examined how the representation of the body of woman was reduced to a stereotype in both art and science. By examining eight images, she has sought to expose the subjective nature of the artists/anatomists' investigation during this period in history and reveal how art and science formed a complicit alliance in the misrepresentation of the body of woman. Her body became the site and the chosen medium for the projected fears and phantasies of the male imaginary / Master of Arts (Hons)

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Also available in print.

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 5-6.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 446-465).

Thesis (M.A.)--Wisconsin. / Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 8, 2007). Bibliography: leaves 129-131. Online version of the print original.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1993. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Justin Schorr. Dissertation Committee: Rene Arcilla. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-113).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-254).

Inaug.-Diss.--Zürich. / Lebenslauf. "Benutzte literatur": p. [117].

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Louisville, 2004. / Department of Art History. Vita. "December 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-89).