The image of women was not only controlled but also manipulated by men through art and written text. Since women were not allowed to write or do things in the arts like sculpture, one could interpret this as if a woman had no real function in society other than to reproduce. This does not help people trying to study the past like a historian, since the only history written about women, their roles and daily lives was written by men. Scholars are unable to see the perspective, thoughts, or how ancient Greek women were truly treated. Sculptures of women such as the female figure “Tanagra” can only be interpreted in the way the male artist wants all people to interpret a woman's body. Women were subject to how men wanted their bodies to look. The figure of "Tanagra" gives an idea of how the woman in the sculpture is highly idealized due to a man's expectations of what a woman of that time should look like. She has broad shoulders which gives other men the idea that she is strong, yet in a sensual way because the himation that falls from her shoulders shows off her skin. The head of the “Tanagra” figure is cultivated expressing itself in a submissive manner. It was like social propaganda, women of this time saw the juxtaposition between man and woman in sculptures or
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