Luca Giordano Was Born 392 Years Ago Today. The Fastest Painter in History Made the Baroque Nude Move.
On October 18, 1634, Luca Giordano was born in Naples. He grew into the fastest painter Western art has ever
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Antonio Canova Died 204 Years Ago Today. He Made Marble Feel Like Living Flesh.
Antonio Canova, the most celebrated sculptor of his age, died in Venice on October 13, 1822. Two centuries later, visitors
Simeon Solomon Was Born 186 Years Ago Today. He Invented the Androgynous Nude.
Simeon Solomon was born in London on 9 October 1840, and his family saw the gift early. By his teens
Pygmalion and Galatea: The Artist Who Fell in Love With His Own Nude
Every culture that has painted the naked body has had to answer one question first: where did the nude come
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
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
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