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![Photography, Play, Akif Hakan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208090_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, French School - PS 242 Sunflowers from Van Gogh Diving, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192868_1_grid.jpg)
French School - PS 242 Sunflowers from Van Gogh Diving
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,790
![Painting, French School - PS 240 Van Gogh Swimsuit Girl Impressionnist, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187790_1_grid.jpg)
French School - PS 240 Van Gogh Swimsuit Girl Impressionnist
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Sculpture, Couleurs chaudes, Lorette Le Brestec](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187024_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs chaudes
Lorette Le Brestec
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$2,013
![Painting, Desnudas, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183174_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amigas desnudas, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow moons, Kohlene Hendrickson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213163_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow moons
Kohlene Hendrickson
Painting - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,152 $5,844
![Painting, Melancholy II, Woko Aguru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209031_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 7, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204892_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 7
Esteve Prat Paz
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$336
![Sculpture, Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 5, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204891_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 5
Esteve Prat Paz
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$336
![Sculpture, Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 3, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204890_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 3
Esteve Prat Paz
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$336
![Sculpture, Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 2, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204888_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 2
Esteve Prat Paz
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$336
![Sculpture, Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 1, Esteve Prat Paz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204877_1_grid.jpg)
Fragment Escultòric Petit Nº 1
Esteve Prat Paz
Sculpture - 15 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$336
![Photography, Collection Liberty - HB1787, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189924_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Liberty - HB1787
Idan Wizen
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$559
![Photography, The Boomer Collection - HB3077, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189881_1_grid.jpg)
The Boomer Collection - HB3077
Idan Wizen
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$839
![Print, Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (9), The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214097_1_grid.jpg)
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (9)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
![Print, Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (8), The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214096_1_grid.jpg)
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (8)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
![Print, Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (5), The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214093_1_grid.jpg)
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (5)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
![Print, Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (12), The opium smoking white elephant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214083_1_grid.jpg)
Aus der Serie: Mystische Thai-Visionen: Heilige Pilze und Blumen (12)
The opium smoking white elephant
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$447
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213793_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$112
![Painting, Duo de filles, Pascal Astier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209457_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Figure Coalescing with Nature, Christian Frederiksen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198099_1_grid.jpg)
Figure Coalescing with Nature
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,118
![Fine Art Drawings, Cool and Reclined, Christian Frederiksen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198096_1_grid.jpg)
Cool and Reclined
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$995
![Fine Art Drawings, Figure in Nature (Primaries), Christian Frederiksen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198094_1_grid.jpg)
Figure in Nature (Primaries)
Christian Frederiksen
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 15 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$973
![Painting, Résurgences abyssales n° 110, Gilbert Sabatier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212298_1_grid.jpg)
Résurgences abyssales n° 110
Gilbert Sabatier
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$1,622
![Painting, Breast Print 23, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207005_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 23
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.2 x 16.2 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.8 x 6.4 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 22, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206973_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 22
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 17.1 x 17 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.7 x 6.7 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![Painting, Breast Print 21, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206297_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 21
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250
![Painting, Breast Print 20, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206280_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 20
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 16.7 x 16.8 x 0.4 cm Painting - 6.6 x 6.6 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![Painting, Breast Print 19, Dzovig Arnelian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205997_1_grid.jpg)
Breast Print 19
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 21 x 19 x 0.4 cm Painting - 8.3 x 7.5 x 0.2 inch
$250 $225
![Painting, Happiness loves silence, Spring serie, Olha Vlasova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190384_1_grid.jpg)
Happiness loves silence, Spring serie
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 90 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$895
![Painting, Interno inquieto, Sergio Ceccotti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189424_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Métal 1, Carlos Arriagada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209589_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nu debout de profil, Bertrand de Visme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196036_1_grid.jpg)
Nu debout de profil
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Painting, Nu debout de trois-quart face, Bertrand de Visme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196035_1_grid.jpg)
Nu debout de trois-quart face
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Painting, Nu accroupi de trois-quart, Bertrand de Visme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196030_1_grid.jpg)
Nu accroupi de trois-quart
Bertrand de Visme
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$895
![Photography, Back Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205983_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Orange Thieves, Halyna Abramova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205876_1_grid.jpg)
The Orange Thieves
Halyna Abramova
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
![Painting, Dreams of Vincent, Fabio Purino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205726_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At The Moment Of, Woko Aguru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl Modigliani extended, PyB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208036_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Discus thrower's torso, Barry Davies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192676_1_grid.jpg)
Discus thrower's torso
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 60 x 48 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 18.9 x 9.8 inch
$1,633
![Painting, The Winds of Change, Tetiana Pchelnykova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189742_1_grid.jpg)
The Winds of Change
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$951
![Painting, In the Rays of the Sun, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187345_1_grid.jpg)
In the Rays of the Sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$3,132
![Sculpture, Dorothea, Nando Kallweit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1098786_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format XS, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213759_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format XS
Clara Diebler
Photography - 12 x 8 x 1 cm Photography - 4.7 x 3.1 x 0.4 inch
$112
![Sculpture, Plénitude, Sylvie Bourely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213584_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lemon Glow, Larsen Sotelo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213185_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The book of prosperity, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207842_1_grid.jpg)
The book of prosperity
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 93 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,270
![Painting, The book of life, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The book of filling, Les Panchyshyn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207833_1_grid.jpg)
The book of filling
Les Panchyshyn
Painting - 93 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 36.6 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$7,270
![Photography, Meaw, Olha Stepanian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202677_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl in blue, Tanya Grinevich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199284_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, OMG! (Superman), Kobalt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192902_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoking Away - Size S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213795_1_grid.jpg)
Smoking Away - Size S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$168
![Photography, Mermaid - Format XS, Deborah Zuanazzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213752_1_grid.jpg)
Mermaid - Format XS
Deborah Zuanazzi
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$280
![Painting, Tetite méditation sur fond bleu, Changzheng Zhu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212167_1_grid.jpg)
Tetite méditation sur fond bleu
Changzheng Zhu
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$336
![Painting, Tetite méditation sur fond rouge, Changzheng Zhu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212157_1_grid.jpg)
Tetite méditation sur fond rouge
Changzheng Zhu
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$336
![Painting, Dissolution I, Elizabeth Hefty-Khoury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205510_1_grid.jpg)
Dissolution I
Elizabeth Hefty-Khoury
Painting - 122 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,521
![Painting, Self Portrait, Andrii Davydenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202189_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring, Vasil Vasilev-Vaso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190881_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Freedom, Aurélien Buttin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191526_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sensuelle - série sculpture corps de femme, Chantal Nottrelet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188035_1_grid.jpg)
Sensuelle - série sculpture corps de femme
Chantal Nottrelet
Sculpture - 40 x 27 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.6 x 10.2 inch
$917
![Sculpture, La création spéciale, Martín Duque](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897251_1_grid.jpg)
La création spéciale
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 38 x 43 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15 x 16.9 x 7.1 inch
$1,879
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205980_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Rolls Royce Legs, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205970_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deviant Portrait, Matteo Fieno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199966_1_grid.jpg)
Deviant Portrait
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,107 $997
![Painting, Crown, Carl White](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196264_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, BEARING THE FRUIT (1) FORBIDDEN PRODUCTION (2), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187285_1_grid.jpg)
BEARING THE FRUIT (1) FORBIDDEN PRODUCTION (2)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$3,758
![Painting, The victory of Icarus (2) forbidden production (5), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187281_1_grid.jpg)
The victory of Icarus (2) forbidden production (5)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$3,758
![Painting, Seven pigment mountains (after ugo rondinone) forbidden collage (18), Julien Delagrange](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187237_1_grid.jpg)
Seven pigment mountains (after ugo rondinone) forbidden collage (18)
Julien Delagrange
Painting - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,953
![Painting, Chicas maquillándose, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183210_1_grid.jpg)
Chicas maquillándose
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,908
![Painting, Desnudas en el sofá, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183200_1_grid.jpg)
Desnudas en el sofá
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 81 x 101.6 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 40 x 1.2 inch
$2,908
![Painting, Dos hermanas y una amiga, Jordi Turbau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183192_1_grid.jpg)
Dos hermanas y una amiga
Jordi Turbau
Painting - 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,461
![Sculpture, Gloria III, Nando Kallweit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1226319_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Noires Échappées, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2215606_1_grid.jpg)
Noires Échappées
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,461
![Print, Splashing Colors #8, Eric Lespinasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212895_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Boy and the Tiger, Mahujtoei (M.CH.R.)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205015_1_grid.jpg)
The Boy and the Tiger
Mahujtoei (M.CH.R.)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Sans titre, Philippe Cognée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201716_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The midnight espresso, Mikhail Baranovskiy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190199_1_grid.jpg)
The midnight espresso
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Body of leaves - Format S, Clara Diebler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213764_1_grid.jpg)
Body of leaves - Format S
Clara Diebler
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$168
![Photography, Diverse, Yevgeniy Repiashenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200056_1_grid.jpg)
Diverse
Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Photography - 150 x 117 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.1 x 46.1 x 0 inch
$4,586
![Painting, Laocoonte. Série Introspectiva, Carmen González Castro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195627_1_grid.jpg)
Laocoonte. Série Introspectiva
Carmen González Castro
Painting - 73 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,803
![Painting, Untitled, Guy Ghazanchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191416_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Muse-Medusa, Zianko Vasili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182570_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Plénitude terre cuite, Sylvie Bourely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213590_1_grid.jpg)
Plénitude terre cuite
Sylvie Bourely
Sculpture - 40 x 38 x 28 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15 x 11 inch
$4,474
![Sculpture, Détermination, Sylvie Bourely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213588_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Délicatesse, Sylvie Bourely](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213586_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pound the earth, Sandi Goodwin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195101_1_grid.jpg)
Pound the earth
Sandi Goodwin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Quietude’s Embrace, Kamo Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hotel California, Gaka Mira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206742_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poussières d'étoiles 03, Théo Le Franc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205517_1_grid.jpg)
Poussières d'étoiles 03
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 116 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Peau neuve, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202221_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.