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 […]
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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
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
Diego Velázquez Was Born 427 Years Ago Today. The Rokeby Venus and the Suffragette Who Slashed It.
On June 6, 1599, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born in Seville, Spain. Four centuries later, he is
Jules Pascin Died 96 Years Ago Today. The Prince of Montparnasse Who Painted Nudes Like Confessions.
Jules Pascin Died 96 Years Ago Today. The Prince of Montparnasse Who Painted Nudes Like Confessions. \n\n On June 5,
The Origin of the World: Gustave Courbet\’s 1866 Masterpiece and the 160-Year War Against Looking at Naked Bodies
\n The Origin of the World: Gustave Courbet’s 1866 Masterpiece and the 160-Year War Against Looking at Naked Bodies \n\n\n\n
The Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial: The Day the Art World Went to Court
The Mapplethorpe Obscenity Trial: The Day the Art World Went to Court \n\n In the spring of 1990, a museum