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I have looked at different ways to include text in my work. There are many artists who have done the same.

I have thought about including the words to a poem, or something centred on inequality. But then I got thinking about the recurring themes in my work and decided to include quotes from the Bible. This means I can keep to a central theme with the quotes revolving around women, religion and inequality.

Here are some quotes I have found.

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” – Genesis 3:16

“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve” – Genesis 3:20

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection” – 1 Timothy 2:11

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” – 1 Timothy 2:12

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” – 1 Timothy 2:14

“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law” – 1 Corinthians 14:34

“And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church” – 1 Corinthians 14:35

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord” – Ephesians 5:22

“For the husband is the head of the wife” – Ephesians 5:23

“let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing” – Ephesians 5:24

“to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands” – Titus 2:5

“being in subjection unto their own husbands” – 1 Peter 3:5

“For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man” – 1 Corinthians 11:8

“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man” – 1 Corinthians 11:9

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” – 1 Corinthians 11:3

“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” – Genesis 2:18

“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man” – Genesis 2:22

“she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” – Genesis 2:23

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat” – Genesis 3:12

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife” – Genesis 3:17

“and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” – Acts 2:17

I am thinking of having the verses complete with where they can be found, or just the verse, or just the chapter and verse. I think these verses are a god contrast between the images and what the text says and the deeper meaning behind it.

I have tried different fonts to see which works best. Here is a sample of the ones I have tried:

I think I like this one the best:

I have put it next to my main image and the sub-series image and I feel it works. It has a classical feel to it without being too fancy. You can understand it and it looks good. I did try and handwrite the quote but it just didn’t look right, overall I prefer the computer generated font. It just looks better in my opinion.

I need eight quote for my eight main images. I narrowed them down by comparing the quotes with the mapping images that I have created. I wanted them to fit together, so tried to match the quotes with the complete mapping images. Here is a link to the mapping images that I created:

Maps

Update – 1st of July

Following the feedback from my tutor, I have changed the text. I tried to find a text close to that of the Bibles. I found the following. I think it suits the text better than the one I had. I have also resized them in portion to my images.

Update for Final Assessment

I have taken onboard my tutor’s feedback and changes the font to a more greyer tone. This does improve the look significantly. Here is the finished text: