Zinaida Serebriakova Died 59 Years Ago Today. She Painted the Female Nude Through a Woman’s Eyes.
Zinaida Serebriakova died in Paris on September 19, 1967, at the age of eighty-two. She left behind a life cut
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Diana and Actaeon: The Nude That Punished the Male Gaze
Ovid told the story in the Metamorphoses two thousand years ago, and it has never stopped troubling painters. Actaeon, a
Edmonia Lewis Died 119 Years Ago Today. The Death of Cleopatra Made the Female Body Her Own.
Edmonia Lewis died in London on September 17, 1907, and the art world spent the next century forgetting her. She
The Pregnant Nude: The Body Art History Refused to See
For two and a half thousand years, artists painted the female nude in almost every position a body can hold.
Fernando Botero Died 3 Years Ago Today. He Made the Voluptuous Body a Monument.
Fernando Botero died on September 15, 2023, at the age of 91. For more than six decades he painted, drew,
Rembrandt’s Bathsheba: The Nude That Refused to Flatter
For three hundred years, the nude in Western art had one job: to flatter. Painters gave the gods perfect limbs,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Died 125 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Without Fantasy or Shame.
For most of Western art history, the nude needed an alibi. A naked woman on canvas was Venus rising from
The Venus Pudica: How Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos Invented the Pose That Defined the Female Nude
Around 350 BCE, an Athenian sculptor named Praxiteles did something no Greek artist had dared. He carved a goddess, Aphrodite,
Susanna and the Elders: The Nude Painted to Be Watched, Until a Woman Painted Back
The story comes from the Book of Daniel. Susanna, a married woman of spotless reputation, bathes alone in her garden.
Edward Burne-Jones Was Born 193 Years Ago Today. His Phyllis and Demophoon Made the Victorian Nude Too Honest.
On August 28, 1833, Edward Burne-Jones was born in Birmingham, England. He became the most influential British artist of his