David Hockney Was Born 89 Years Ago Today. He Taught Us the Nude Body Is a Celebration.
The boy from Bradford who found the body in California \n\n David Hockney was born on July 9, 1937, in […]
Art History, Today in Art History
Artemisia Gentileschi Was Born 433 Years Ago Today. She Gave the Female Nude a Voice It Had Never Had Before.
On July 8, 1593, a girl was born in Rome who would do something no woman had done before: paint
Felicien Rops Was Born 193 Years Ago Today. He Used the Nude to Expose Bourgeois Hypocrisy
\n When F\u00e9licien Rops was born in Namur, Belgium, on July 7, 1833 \u2014 193 years ago today \u2014 the
Odilon Redon Died 110 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Dream the Body Was Having.
The Man Who Drew the Invisible \n\n Odilon Redon died on July 6, 1916 \u2014 110 years ago today \u2014
Max Klinger Died 106 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude a Mirror of the Unconscious.
Max Klinger died on July 5, 1920 \u2014 106 years ago today \u2014 in Grossjena, a small town near Naumburg,
The Nude in American Art: 250 Years of a Nation Wrestling With Its Own Body
On July 4, 1776, a group of men in Philadelphia signed a document declaring that all men are created equal
Contrapposto: How Greek Sculptors Invented the Living Body
\n Walk into any museum with classical sculpture and you will see it everywhere: the weight shifted onto one leg,
The Life Room: Why the Nude Has Been Art’s Classroom for 500 Years
\n\n Every artist you’ve ever admired started the same way: in a room with a naked stranger and a piece
Nudity vs. Nakedness: Kenneth Clarks Famous Distinction — and Why It Still Defines How We See Art
\n Nudity vs. Nakedness: The Art-History Distinction That Still Defines How We See the Body \n\n\n\n In 1956, the British
Simon Vouet Died 377 Years Ago Today. He Gave France Its First Great Baroque Nudes.
\n When Simon Vouet died in Paris on June 30, 1649 \u2014 377 years ago today \u2014 he left behind