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 […]
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Manet\’s Olympia: The 1865 Scandal That Exposed Every Power Structure in Art
In 1865, \u00c9douard Manet hung a painting at the Paris Salon that made the most powerful people in France look
This Week in Nude Art History: Goya, Valadon, and the Week America Put the Body on Trial
This week in nude art history, Goya, Suzanne Valadon, and the Mapplethorpe prosecution reveal the same recurring fight over who gets to depict the body honestly.