The Body Under the Skin: How Renaissance Anatomists Forged a New Vision of the Nude
Before the Scalpel, the Body Was a Symbol \n For centuries before the Renaissance, the nude human figure in Western
Joseph-Marie Vien Was Born 310 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Between Rococo and Revolution.
A Forgotten Bridge Between Two Worlds \n If you know the name Joseph-Marie Vien at all, it’s probably as the
Edward Burne-Jones Died 128 Years Ago Today. The Pre-Raphaelite Visionary Who Made the Nude Ethereal.
\n On June 17, 1898 \u2014 128 years ago today \u2014 Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones died at his London home,
The Unfinished Body: Michelangelo’s Slaves and the Beauty of Becoming
There is a room in Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia where four figures struggle to be born. They emerge from rough stone
The Reclining Nude: How Three Paintings Changed the Way We See the Body Forever
The Reclining Nude: How Three Paintings Changed the Way We See the Body Forever \n\n There is a pose so
Egon Schiele Was Born 136 Years Ago Today. His Nudes Were Called Pornography. Now They’re Called Masterpieces.
Egon Schiele was born on June 12, 1890, in Tulln, Austria. He died 28 years later during the Spanish flu
Julia Margaret Cameron Was Born 211 Years Ago Today. She Photographed the Nude Body When the Camera Was Still Learning to See.
Julia Margaret Cameron was 48 years old when she received her first camera. It was 1863 — a gift from
André Derain Was Born 146 Years Ago Today. How Fauvism Freed the Nude Body.
On June 10, 1880, André Derain was born in Chatou, France. By the time he was twenty-five, he had helped
Ingres Painted Nudes With ‘Too Many Vertebrae.’ He Was Right.
Ingres Painted Nudes With ‘Too Many Vertebrae.’ He Was Right. \n\n When Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres unveiled La Grande Odalisque at the