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Nuit de romance
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,080
La Baule Beach V/S Bitch - critique humoristique sur La Baule - série Collages
Karine Barbier (dite Ka Bé)
Print - 90 x 72 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch
$1,421
The Boomer Collection - HB2919
Idan Wizen
Photography - 80 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,842
Méditation - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 22 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch
$2,700
Réflexion - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 26 x 15 x 25 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 5.9 x 9.8 inch
$3,552
Affliction - série corps de femme nu
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 22 x 18 x 21 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 7.1 x 8.3 inch
$5,115
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #11
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #10
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #8
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #7
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #4
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
La lune n'a rien à craindre des loups #5
VAM / Jean-Pierre Gilson
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,933
Blue and orange relaxing figure 1
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 70.1 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$693
Blue and orange relaxing figure 2
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 70.1 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$693
Lovers - Pure love 1
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 63 x 51.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
Lovers - Pure love 2
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 63 x 51.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
Lovers - Pure love 3
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 63 x 51.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24.8 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$792
Lovers - I am yours
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$878
Lovers -You are mine
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$878
Lovers at sunset 2
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$928
Lovers at sunset 3
Carmen Tyrrell
Painting - 59.9 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$928
Langue de danseuse
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 120 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$3,297 $2,802
Disinvoltura Viola
Tiziano Sculpteur
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,160
Dolie au chignon
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 57 x 24 x 30 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 9.4 x 11.8 inch
$15,915
Early morning in Barcelona
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$1,694
Form elegance
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,694
Bridge of sighs. Barcelona
Dmitry Savchenko
Photography - 66 x 46 x 1 cm Photography - 26 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch
$1,694
Restive nude
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 80 x 54.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$705
Dextrous nude
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 80 x 54.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 21.3 x 0.2 inch
$674
Reclining nude
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 74.9 x 55.1 x 0.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
$724
The reader
Kathleen Ney
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$530
Unsuppressed thoughts, Painting, Oil on canvas
Adam Parsons
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$9,500
Ondine série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 11 x 48 x 21 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 18.9 x 8.3 inch
$4,502
Désinvolte série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 44 x 19 x 29 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 7.5 x 11.4 inch
$5,229
La conquérante série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 33 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
$5,115
Repos série corps d'homme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 17 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 6.7 inch
$2,615
Petite affirmation série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 23 x 19 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.5 x 5.9 inch
$2,615
Aquarium Dolphin
Adina Apostu
Photography - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$665
Santa María (Baño)
Paola Dávila
Photography - 22.9 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Photography - 9 x 8 x 1 inch
$1,200
Après le Bain
Florence Tedeschi
Painting - 81 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$2,046
Sous la douche
Herve Malcom Thomas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,103
Pantomime
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 61 x 24 x 36 cm Sculpture - 24 x 9.4 x 14.2 inch
$14,551
Femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 84 x 46 x 41 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 18.1 x 16.1 inch
$25,577
Femme assise sur socle
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 30 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch
$6,593
Untitled TV I
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 55.9 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
I'm never going to look back
Haydee Torres
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch
$715
Les trois demoiselles
Robert Koumassadouno
Painting - 110 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,421
Abstract nude 8-23
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$568
Abstract nude 8-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$568
An insipid notion triptych
Javier Rey
Photography - 80 x 159 x 0.3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 62.6 x 0.1 inch
$3,375
No55 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0 inch
$2,978
Secret d'alcove
Jean-Pierre Fleury
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,307
No45 SPIRIT Series
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 120 x 120 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0 inch
$2,978
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.