| AESTHETICS OF MASCULINITY IN ONE HUNDRED FOUND ARTIFACTS |
In the 1920's, pink was originally designated as a masculine colour, for in Christian tradition, red was associated as male, and its weaker sibling pink was used for boys. Blue was associated with the Virgin Mary and therefore considered feminine. After WWI, when blue was used extensively for men's military uniforms, blue became masculinized. From the 1940's onward, the practice of assigning blue as the color for boys, and pink as the color for girls was heavily instilled. This lead to an investigation of the constructed and inherent meaning within cultural artifacts, those which represent and signify different notions and ideas of masculinity. The following is a curation of one hundred such found artifacts from the 1940's onward, each with a supporting quotation from various literary sources to explain each artifact's placement in the collection.
 
 
 
 
    
  
   
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