Frans Hals Died 360 Years Ago Today. He Made the Human Body Breathe on Canvas.
Three hundred and sixty years ago today, Frans Hals died in Haarlem. He was old, he was poor, and he […]
Art History
Dorothea Tanning Was Born 116 Years Ago Today. She Made the Female Body a Door to Another World.
Dorothea Tanning was born on August 25, 1910, in Galesburg, Illinois. She lived 101 years and spent nearly all of
Lavinia Fontana Was Born 474 Years Ago Today. The First Professional Woman Painter Made Her Name on the Nude She Was Never Allowed to Study.
Four hundred and seventy-four years ago today, Lavinia Fontana was born in Bologna. Her father, the Mannerist painter Prospero Fontana,
The Fig Leaf: How One Small Leaf Became the Nude’s Most Enduring Censor
The most effective censor in the history of art measures about six inches and weighs almost nothing. The fig leaf
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Died 220 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as Pure, Fleeting Pleasure.
The French Revolution ended a great deal: the monarchy, the old aristocracy, and an entire way of picturing the body.
Aubrey Beardsley Was Born 154 Years Ago Today. His Erotic Nudes Defined the Decadent 1890s.
Aubrey Beardsley was born on August 21, 1872, in Brighton, England, and died at twenty-five, leaving behind a body of
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Died 241 Years Ago Today. His Nude Voltaire Made the Enlightenment Strip Naked.
Two hundred and forty-one years ago today, on August 20, 1785, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle died in Paris at seventy-one. He was
On August 19, 1839, Photography Was Given to the World. It Changed the Nude Forever.
On August 19, 1839, in a packed chamber of the Institut de France in Paris, the French government did something
Guido Reni Died 384 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Body as a Perfect, Serene Ideal.
In 1642, in the city where he had spent most of his life, Guido Reni died at the age of
Francesco Albani Was Born 448 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Gentle Paradise.
Scholars have never fully settled whether Francesco Albani was born on the 17th of March or the 17th of August