Diana and Actaeon: The Nude That Punished the Male Gaze
Ovid told the story in the Metamorphoses two thousand years ago, and it has never stopped troubling painters. Actaeon, a
Censorship & Culture
Susanna and the Elders: The Nude Painted to Be Watched, Until a Woman Painted Back
The story comes from the Book of Daniel. Susanna, a married woman of spotless reputation, bathes alone in her garden.
Charles Baudelaire Died 159 Years Ago Today. He Taught the World to See the Modern Body, and a Court Convicted Him for It.
Charles Baudelaire died on August 31, 1867, at the age of 46. The man who taught the modern world how
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
Amedeo Modigliani and the 1917 Police Raid: Why Five Nudes Shut Down His Only Solo Show
\n December 3, 1917. The police arrived at Berthe Weill’s tiny gallery on Rue Taitbout in Paris and ordered the