Between screens and photos: portraits and social construction of the smile

Authors

  • Maria Izilda S. de Matos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/ArtC-V19n34-2017-1-12

Abstract

From the perspective of historical cons-truction of the smile, this text aims to question the different meanings of smiling representations in portraits (in painting and photography), tracing how from hid-den and discreet smiles gradually became more and more present. At the same time, the expansion of dental care has transfor-med beauty standards (including smiles showing clean, aligned white teeth) that added to the dissemination of new sensiti-vities, practices and behaviors that stress the (almost obsessive) need to be always happy and smiling. To this should be added a commitment to take photos with smiles, which is easily done using digital and ca-meras and cell phones and quickly shared on social media (thousands of selfies).

Keywords: smile; portrait; photography.

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Author Biography

Maria Izilda S. de Matos

Livre-docente em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Doutora em História pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Professora do Departamento de História e do Programa de Estudos Pós-graduados em História da PUC-SP. Pesquisadora do CNPq. Autora, entre outros livros, de Cotidiano e cultura: história, cidade e trabalho. 2. ed. Bauru: Edusc, 2014.

Published

2017-10-03

How to Cite

de Matos, M. I. S. (2017). Between screens and photos: portraits and social construction of the smile. ArtCultura, 19(34). https://doi.org/10.14393/ArtC-V19n34-2017-1-12