John Berger's "Ways of Seeing," examines the role of the female body in art. ... She is skinny, fit, and has perfect hair and skin. ... The models in the VS Perfect Body advertisement are an example of the 5% of women. ... Advertisements, like the one on the left, set an unrealistic standard for a man's perfect body. ... Berger does an excellent job explaining the role women had in art. ...

• Word Count: 1423
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Handsome men, and skinny women with perfect skin are plastered on practically every other page, and sometimes the product that is being sold is barely even visible in the ad. ... Art can be used as a means of advertising also. ... When an artist is composing their work of art their influence is what they are feeling inside. ... Conventional advertising, art, and even the way we advertise ourselves can affect us, and the people in our lives, in whichever way the producer or artist hopes that it will. ...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Art touts technology in AT&T's ad. ... "There is an undeniable aesthetic component to virtually every ad run in the national media: the photography or filming or drawing is near-perfect, the type style is well chosen, layout could scarcely be improved upon" (Fowles, 5). ...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Jennifer Lopez's perfect body is surely the dream of most women, and the advert intends to make them think that by using this perfume, they will be able to feel as perfect as Jennifer Lopez is. ... Their surroundings are old fashioned and sumptuous, with dark polished floors and ornate pillars but modernized by sixties-style orange colored walls and art-deco mirrors. ...

• Word Count: 2587
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School