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Les espionnes
Michèle Chast
Sculpture - 35 x 22.5 x 13.5 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 8.9 x 5.3 inch
$3,927
Working cycles - Trance
Vlada Hauser
Painting - 100 x 300 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 118.1 x 1.4 inch
$12,029
Souplesse 150
Daniel Perreu
Sculpture - 155.5 x 73 x 4.4 cm Sculpture - 61.2 x 28.7 x 1.7 inch
$7,057
Eros und Thanatos
William Mountgoaten
Painting - 200 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 2 inch
$10,097
Donna en Marbre de Carrare
Tiziano Sculpteur
Sculpture - 43 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
$6,395
Vela en Marbre
Tiziano Sculpteur
Sculpture - 44 x 26 x 18 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 10.2 x 7.1 inch
$7,292
Elle La Sirène
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$303
Femme allongée
Michèle Chast
Sculpture - 18.5 x 36 x 18 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 14.2 x 7.1 inch
$15,707
Elle The wall /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$303
ELLE L'horizon /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$303
Elle Couvrez ce sein, que je ne saurais voir /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$303
SHE and the setting sun /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$303
Elle « Punition au soleil couchant »
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$303
Elle et l'été /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
ELLE Juste un regard /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
My first nudes 1978 N°5 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
Elle Son corps dévoilé /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$258
Marie au Château 1
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 42 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$258
Elle Classic pose
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$258
My first nudes 1978 N°4 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
ELLE on the rocks /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$258
ELLE Dans les iles /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
ELLE Lying in the grass /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$258
My first nudes 1978 N°3 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
My first nudes 1978 N°1 /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 42 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
La pianiste
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$4,375
Pencive mood-1
Anand Manchiraju
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$3,000
Madame with two moles
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$4,151
Naked madam
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,805
Madame in black velvet gloves
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,927
Les couleurs de l'été
Lisbeth Buonanno
Painting - 15 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$449
Nu rose avec chaussettes blanches
David Martin
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
$337
Célestine endormie
David Martin
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$337
Les amants variante
Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$280
Two faces Liza
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 34 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$224
Corps d'été
Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$280
Bientôt mère /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$303
ELLE Ondine
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$303
Elle offerte /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$258
So beautiful pregnant /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
Mon amie si belle
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$258
ELLE Sun and see /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$258
Mon amie pensive /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$303
Christoph Kronhagel
Christoph Kronhagel
Print - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$348
Ecce homo
William Mountgoaten
Sculpture - 70 x 190 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 74.8 x 15.7 inch
$9,985
Eros und Thanatos
William Mountgoaten
Painting - 160 x 200 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 78.7 x 1 inch
$10,097
Set of two Madame
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 90 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$6,170
Pâquerette
Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$280
Their landscapes, Part - 1
Vlada Hauser
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,834
Mind Flesh
Sabine Danzé
Painting - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Allegria
Valérie Hadida
Sculpture - 61.5 x 51.5 x 28.5 cm Sculpture - 24.2 x 20.3 x 11.2 inch
Price upon request
Tentatrice
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 67 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
Price upon request
Kelly-Ann
Sébastien Allart
Painting - 162 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch
Price upon request
Mind Flesh
Sabine Danzé
Painting - 162 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Mind Flesh
Sabine Danzé
Painting - 160 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
Price upon request
Sainte Agathe
Lidia Kostanek
Sculpture - 29 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
Price upon request
Palaz of the Hoon
Paul Manes
Painting - 198.1 x 261.6 cm Painting - 78 x 103 inch
Price upon request
Ensablé
Camille Brès
Fine Art Drawings - 66 x 54.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
So high
Mariela Garibay
Sculpture - 30 x 40 x 60 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15.7 x 23.6 inch
Price upon request
Yes he could really dance, and I could dance too
Sophie Westerlind
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
The Bird in Colour Complete Set
Nick Veasey
Photography - 115 x 92 x 1 cm Photography - 45.3 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
La mémoire et la mer
Valérie Hadida
Sculpture - 90 x 55 x 40 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 21.7 x 15.7 inch
Price upon request
Femmes araignée
Valérie Hadida
Sculpture - 43 x 56 x 29 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 22 x 11.4 inch
Price upon request
Requiem For A Dream
Psyckoze
Painting - 97 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Cheveux d'Encre - Emotion II
Feng Kaixuan
Painting - 200 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Human body
'I wanted to conquer the world. But I also desperately wanted to understand human nature, and to know what was inside our bodies. To do this, I have spent whole night dissecting bodies, against the direct orders of the Pope. Nothing disgusts me. What I am looking for, truly, in all of my work and particularly in my painting, what I have looked for all my life, is to understand the mystery that is human nature' – from the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci in the 16th century.
At the time of writing these notes, da Vinci had already made greater understanding of the human body the primary objective of his investigations. Dissection and study were key to his development of a holistic knowledge of anatomy, which da Vinci believed was vital to the perfect rendering of the nude figures which he painted and drew.
Little by little, the traditional image of the human figure was uprooted and in its place new ways of interpreting the body developed. Contemporary artists relentlessly questioned the traditional codes of figure drawing, liberally reworking the representation of the body to create a new image that was dislocated, geometric, deformed and disfigured.
The body as an artistic subject is at once desired, fantasised, dreamt, transformed, deformed. For painters, photographers and sculptors alike the body represents a rite of passage in their artistic development. Many people say that they most appreciate the talents of an artists by way of their control over the complexity of the figure. For example, it's clear even in Matisse's later, more abstract collages that he had perfectly mastered the human form.
Representation of the body is fundamental to Western art: first and foremost because it suggests a representation of the self, and therefore affirms the artist's own existence and coexistence with the environment that surrounds them. At the beginning of art history, the only bodies represented were the gods, supernatural beings, and spirits who had taken on human form. The body, nude or clothed, is at once one of the most widely depicted and most deeply polemical subjects in Western art (think of the scandals provoked by Courbet's 'Origins of the World', or Renoir's 'Picnic on the Grass').
The body has always been the primary subject of an array of themes, and its history is rich and ancient. Initially, depiction of the body was closely linked to religion, where the Word became flesh in Genesis, but later in more secular times the arousal of the artist when faced with the body made for an equally popular theme. Latterly the notion of the body as an object of beauty was subverted by Cubism until depictions of bodies no longer bore any resemblance to reality or made any pretence of respecting the rules of proportion.
Finally, in modern art the body has taken on an abstract shape within space, becoming one with the environment. In some instances, the body has become the artist's own support, as with Klein's models. The body as an abstract concept is tangible in many different manifestations in art, even in pieces as unassuming as some of Rothko's paintings. It remains the subject of inexhaustible inspiration and eternal debate.