Why have only about one percent of the canvasses in the historical collection of the National Gallery, London, been painted by women? Are female painters from the past really such a rarity, has the artistic vision of women been systematically discriminated against, or is the reason perhaps a bit of both? In this program, art historians Charles Harrison and Trish Evans play devil’s advocate with each other as they analyze female subjects painted by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Auguste Renoir, and others in order to explore the permutations and societal implications of male and female points of view as represented by artists of both sexes. Produced by the Open University. (30 minutes)