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![Photography, Fair Trade, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215576_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Jonathan anthology n°116, Larry Clark](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214815_1_grid.jpg)
Jonathan anthology n°116
Larry Clark
Photography - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$336
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Jonathan anthology n°42
Larry Clark
Photography - 13 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$336
![Photography, Jonathan anthology n°37, Larry Clark](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214793_1_grid.jpg)
Jonathan anthology n°37
Larry Clark
Photography - 13 x 18 x 0.1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$336
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Ophélia au milieu des nymphéas
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,237
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Sonne l'heure de la nonchalence
Françoise Benomar
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$2,125
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![Painting, Expectation, Oluwatobiloba Amusan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217005_1_grid.jpg)
Expectation
Oluwatobiloba Amusan
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,350
![Photography, Jonathan anthology n°51, Larry Clark](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214818_1_grid.jpg)
Jonathan anthology n°51
Larry Clark
Photography - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$336
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The man (after pina bausch) forbidden collage (6)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,684
![Photography, Aventure d'une libertine II. From The Secret Album Series, Uwe Ommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208568_1_grid.jpg)
Aventure d'une libertine II. From The Secret Album Series
Uwe Ommer
Photography - 60 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
![Print, Le Saint Graal, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215199_1_grid.jpg)
Le Saint Graal
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334
![Painting, Les paradis perdus #5, Haude Bernabé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214976_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Ferrari Tire Change (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214733_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari Tire Change (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 57.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 22.5 x 30 inch
$5,000
![Sculpture, L'Interdite, Marc Petit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191327_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Luis Rego - Size XS, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216238_1_grid.jpg)
Luis Rego - Size XS
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Photography, Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Size XS, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216231_1_grid.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Size XS
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$280
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Autoportrait and my hairstylist Katia - Size XS
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Sculpture, La danseuse de cabaret assise (1), Patricia Grangier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215575_1_grid.jpg)
La danseuse de cabaret assise (1)
Patricia Grangier
Sculpture - 30 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
$3,087
![Sculpture, La danseuse de cabaret assise, Patricia Grangier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215571_1_grid.jpg)
La danseuse de cabaret assise
Patricia Grangier
Sculpture - 30 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
$3,087
![Photography, The Boomer Collection - HB3110, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206194_1_grid.jpg)
The Boomer Collection - HB3110
Idan Wizen
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, The Boomer Collection - HB2984, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206193_1_grid.jpg)
The Boomer Collection - HB2984
Idan Wizen
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Luis Rego - Size L, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216243_1_grid.jpg)
Luis Rego - Size L
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$10,066
![Photography, Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Size L, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216235_1_grid.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Kalfon - Size L
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$10,066
![Photography, Autoportrait and my hairstylist Katia - Size L, Arnaud Baumann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216228_1_grid.jpg)
Autoportrait and my hairstylist Katia - Size L
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$10,066
![Photography, Engulfment, Stadium #1, Javier Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212777_1_grid.jpg)
Engulfment, Stadium #1
Javier Rey
Photography - 75 x 50 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,300
![Photography, L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format S, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212436_1_grid.jpg)
L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format S
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Print, Le Gitan en Slip Rouge 1, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215187_1_grid.jpg)
Le Gitan en Slip Rouge 1
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$334 $168
![Painting, Les paradis perdus #5, Haude Bernabé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214974_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La tristesse de la vie, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207587_1_grid.jpg)
La tristesse de la vie
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Photography, No title (No62), Suki Da](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210662_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The victory of Icarus (1) forbidden production (1), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187254_1_grid.jpg)
The victory of Icarus (1) forbidden production (1)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 200 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting - 78.7 x 55.1 x 0 inch
$8,053
![Painting, Étude, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182196_1_grid.jpg)
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March to June. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
![Print, Human skins, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215175_1_grid.jpg)
Human skins
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$334 $168
![Photography, Ferrari Tire Change (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214737_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari Tire Change (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
$50,000
![Photography, Ferrari Tire Change (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214736_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari Tire Change (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 142.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 56 x 72 inch
$25,000
![Photography, Ferrari Tire Change (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214735_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari Tire Change (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$15,000
![Photography, Ferrari Tire Change (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214734_1_grid.jpg)
Ferrari Tire Change (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$10,000
![Photography, An Insipid Notion #12, Javier Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213095_1_grid.jpg)
An Insipid Notion #12
Javier Rey
Photography - 105 x 75.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 41.3 x 29.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,650
![Sculpture, Mater Dolorosa, Marc Petit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192612_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Alba Ripa, Marc Petit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191330_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La Sphinge, Marc Petit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191325_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, La Souris, Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215182_1_grid.jpg)
La Souris
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 70 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$334 $168
![Photography, Le Minou, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214605_1_grid.jpg)
Le Minou
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,465
![Painting, Nue, Serge Plagnol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208903_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Apre Puget apre moi, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207373_1_grid.jpg)
Apre Puget apre moi
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Fine Art Drawings, Divertissement #2, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207344_1_grid.jpg)
Divertissement #2
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$671
![Fine Art Drawings, Divertissement #1, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207342_1_grid.jpg)
Divertissement #1
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 inch
$671
![Photography, Luxury Beach Dinner, Philippe Shangti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216185_1_grid.jpg)
Luxury Beach Dinner
Philippe Shangti
Photography - 63.5 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 25 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$17,336
![Painting, Freedom 10, Veronica Vilsan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1865430_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Freedom 13, Veronica Vilsan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859097_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, I'm consumed #4, Javier Rey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212778_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format XS, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212424_1_grid.jpg)
L'Épreuve de Psyché - Format XS
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Painting, Sans titre, Michel Lablais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213687_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207660_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Approach, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181939_1_grid.jpg)
Approach
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 90 x 72 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0 inch
$1,650
![Painting, Love, Sophie Mamaladze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216184_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Covid Nights, Neruda. Drawings From the covid diaries series, Megha Joshi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205008_1_grid.jpg)
Covid Nights, Neruda. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
![Photography, Symbiose n.1 - Format M, Manon Deck-Sablon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213668_1_grid.jpg)
Symbiose n.1 - Format M
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Fine Art Drawings, In Space, Dani André Skogfelt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212103_1_grid.jpg)
In Space
Dani André Skogfelt
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$1,901
![Fine Art Drawings, Red Caprice Part 3, Dani André Skogfelt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212100_1_grid.jpg)
Red Caprice Part 3
Dani André Skogfelt
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$1,901
![Sculpture, Jeune Chinoise accroupie, Changzheng Zhu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213137_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune Chinoise accroupie
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 31 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch
$1,790
![Photography, Sunbathing In Antibes - Limited Edition Estate Print, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200388_1_grid.jpg)
Sunbathing In Antibes - Limited Edition Estate Print
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 x 0 cm Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.001 inch
$2,628
![Photography, Artemis & Orion - Size XS, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209524_1_grid.jpg)
Artemis & Orion - Size XS
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$839
![Print, Pool Party, Alexandre Granger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216835_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, In Corpus Veritas, Alexandre Granger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216834_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, CaecuS - Format M, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213639_1_grid.jpg)
CaecuS - Format M
Louis Blanc
Photography - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,398
![Photography, CaecuS - Format L, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213638_1_grid.jpg)
CaecuS - Format L
Louis Blanc
Photography - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,678
![Photography, CaecuS - Format S, Louis Blanc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213636_1_grid.jpg)
CaecuS - Format S
Louis Blanc
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,286
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The Sea’s Temptation
Kateryna Ocheredko
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
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Le Lac n.3 - Format M
Manon Deck-Sablon
Photography - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$839
![Painting, Émane Sens, Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202252_1_grid.jpg)
Émane Sens
Jérôme Sorolla "Le parrain des arts"
Painting - 100 x 104 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 40.9 x 1 inch
$1,007
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![Fine Art Drawings, Wasted Love. Drawings From the covid diaries series, Megha Joshi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213483_1_grid.jpg)
Wasted Love. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
![Fine Art Drawings, True Story. Drawings From the covid diaries series, Megha Joshi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213471_1_grid.jpg)
True Story. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Sans titre, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190163_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Domaine Faiveley bleu, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190158_1_grid.jpg)
Domaine Faiveley bleu
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 31 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Domaine Faiveley, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190157_1_grid.jpg)
Domaine Faiveley
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 31 x 52 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 20.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,342
![Sculpture, Illico, Valerie Marty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190106_1_grid.jpg)
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.