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 […]
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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
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
Max Pechstein Died 71 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude the One Honest Thing in a Dishonest Century.
When Max Pechstein died on June 29, 1955, the obituaries were polite but cautious. He had once been one of
Peter Paul Rubens Was Born 449 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude Body the Imperfect Engine of Baroque Art.
There are painters who observe the body, and then there is Peter Paul Rubens \u2014 who set it in motion.
Émile Bernard Was Born 168 Years Ago Today. The Forgotten Prodigy Who Invented Modernist Nudes at Pont-Aven.
\u00c9mile Bernard Was Born 168 Years Ago Today. The Forgotten Prodigy Who Invented Modernist Nudes at Pont-Aven. \n\n Every art
Thomas Eakins Died 110 Years Ago Today. His Fight to Paint the Nude Cost Him Everything.
Thomas Eakins Painted the Body Without Lies On June 25, 1916, Thomas Eakins died in Philadelphia at the age of
Pierre Bonnard’s Bathing Nudes: Why He Spent 30 Years Painting the Same Woman in the Same Tub
Pierre Bonnard’s Bathing Nudes: Why He Spent 30 Years Painting the Same Woman in the Same Tub \n\n In the
The Male Nude in Western Art: From Classical Ideal to the Gaze Problem
\n Walk through any major museum and you will see them: marble gods with perfect abdomens, bronze athletes caught mid-throw,