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The Nude in Art episode 4 – The Modern

Art / 1 minute of reading / May 18, 2019 / By HDclump

The Nude in Art episode 4 – The Modern: the 20th century changed everything. Emotional truth overcame physical realism. With photography and film, nothing seemed beyond the artists interest or capabilities. If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there has been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This four part series […]

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The Nude in Art episode 3 – The Enlightenment

Art / 1 minute of reading / May 17, 2019 / By HDclump

The Nude in Art episode 3: the naked form took on many different uses. For some, it represented virtue, for others, vice. It was used to shock, to coerce, to titillate, to impress, and to instruct. If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there has been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human

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The Nude in Art episode 2 – The Renaissance

Art / 2 minutes of reading / May 16, 2019 / By HDclump

A lively visual journey illustrating how the Christian idea of nudity -associated with sin – was replaced with the idea of nudity symbolizing beauty and sensuality. Features significant works of Botticelli, Michelangelo and Giotto. If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there has been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This

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The Nude in Art episode 1 – The Classical

Art / 2 minutes of reading / May 15, 2019 / By HDclump

The Nude in Art episode 1 – The Classical: examines art such as The Venus de Milo and the Venus of Willendorf. Through images such as these, we can learn why man first illustrated the human body in these specific ways. If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there has been almost no end of works

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