The Three Graces: How Three Naked Bodies Became Art’s Most Enduring Image of Harmony
Three women stand naked, arms linked. Two face forward; one turns away, so the circle of their bodies reads as
Rembrandt Died 357 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Human Being.
Rembrandt van Rijn died in Amsterdam on October 4, 1669, at sixty-three, bankrupt and abandoned by the fashions of his
Pierre Bonnard Was Born 159 Years Ago Today. He Dissolved the Nude Into Light and Memory.
Pierre Bonnard was born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, a suburb of Paris. He died in 1947, having spent
Marcel Duchamp Died 58 Years Ago Today. His Final Nude Was a Secret Revealed Only After His Death.
Marcel Duchamp died on October 2, 1968, at his home in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris. His admirers assumed they had
Jan Gossaert Died 494 Years Ago Today. He Carried the Nude Across the Alps.
The nude has a geography. It was born in Athens, matured in Rome, and came north slowly, one painter at
The Kiss: How the Embrace Taught Artists to See Two Bodies as One
The nude is the loneliest subject in art. A single body, posed and lit, waiting to be seen. For five
Caravaggio Was Born 455 Years Ago Today. His Nude Cupid Was Kept Behind a Curtain.
In 1602 the banker Vincenzo Giustiniani commissioned a painting of Cupid and then hid it. The canvas hung behind a
Alexandre Cabanel Was Born 203 Years Ago Today. His ‘Birth of Venus’ Is the Nude the Academy Called Perfection.
Alexandre Cabanel was born in Montpellier on September 28, 1823, 203 years ago today. For three decades he was the
Edgar Degas Died 109 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Private, Unwatched Body.
Edgar Degas died in Paris on September 27, 1917, at the age of 83. By then his eyesight had failed
Théodore Géricault Was Born 235 Years Ago Today. The Raft of the Medusa Turned the Nude Into a Person.
Théodore Géricault was born on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, and died at thirty-two, having painted one canvas that changed