Pierre Auguste Renoir Challenges to Existing Norms Relevance Today Challenged the artistic conventions of the Salon. Challenged gender roles in society - Women are not confined to domestic - Embraced women’s love for reading, and music which were considered to be masculine Challenged social conventions of femininity. - Women’s form was to be celebrated, and their minds were to be welcomed. - Women can take the lead and prioritize their own wants. - Reading Couple: She is unconcerned with her male suitor who might be looking at them and are instead consumed by their own desire to learn and embrace literature. - Boating on the Seine: Renoir suggests that these women are independent and strong enough to row themselves and do no need men to enjoy the scene.  Black = Renoir’s values, Purple = Today’s values R: Portrayed women as respectable intellectuals. T: Women are respected by most people (theoretically). R: Painting featured women reading, playing instruments, and going to the theatre, which were male activities. T: Female education is a broadly accepted concept. R: Women that he portrayed weren’t all the same body type. He portrayed women of all sizes. T: Females strive for equality today. Not all women look the same, and that there is different types of beauty. R: Didn’t try to change how his female models appeared, he wanted to celebrate women the way they were. T: Big stigma around eating disorders and unhealthy body images T: Image of beauty is distorted T: In Europe models must weigh a certain amount in order to continue their profession. Works Cited   "Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)." The Mett's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/augu/hd_augu.htm. "Biography of Auguste Renoir." Impressionism. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.impressionniste.net/renoir_auguste.htm. Capps, Kriston. "Why Absolutely Everyone Hates Renoir." The Atlantic. October 13, 2015. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/why-everyone-hates-renoir/410335/. "Impressionism." The Art Story: Modern Art Insight. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm. "Impressionism: The Innovations and Influence." Web Exhibits. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/page18.html. Jones, Jonathan. "To All You Renoir Haters: He Does Not 'suck at Painting'" The Guardian. October 07, 2015. Accessed May 30, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/oct/07/to-all-you-renoir-haters-he-does-not-suck-at-painting. "Renoir: Liberating Women." Literary Ramblings. June 14, 2013. Accessed May 30, 2016. http://www.literaryramblings.com/renoir-liberating-women.