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![Sculpture, St Sebastien, Bernard Duca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867320_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Natalia Zastavna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161087_1_grid.jpg)
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The caress of water (giclée)
Aurelio Rodriguez López
Print - 140 x 190 x 8 cm Print - 55.1 x 74.8 x 3.1 inch
€11,250
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Venus
Virginie Vandeputte
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 49 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 19.3 x 1.2 inch
€4,550
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Au coeur du Minotaure
Rachel Daireaux
Painting - 30 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€3,000
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Je l'ai sentie (I felt her)
San Kara
Painting - 119 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 46.9 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,450
![Fine Art Drawings, Liberation, Tatjana Rusakova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150217_1_grid.jpg)
Liberation
Tatjana Rusakova
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 28 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 11 x 0 inch
€300
![Print, Sans titre, Johannes Muggenthaler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/380525_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Getting somewhere, Kicki Edgren](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1794642_1_grid.jpg)
Getting somewhere
Kicki Edgren
Painting - 115.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.5 x 30 x 1 inch
€2,910
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Caryatid II
Allison Harrell
Painting - 105.5 x 71.6 x 6.5 cm Painting - 41.5 x 28.2 x 2.6 inch
€7,650
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Woman
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€800
![Photography, Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Cerisier du Japon, Davis Y](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130781_1_grid.jpg)
Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Cerisier du Japon
Davis Y
Photography - 20 x 20 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€150
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Méli
Dominique Payen
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€350
![Fine Art Drawings, Nude with cat, Aldous Eveleigh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047995_1_grid.jpg)
Nude with cat
Aldous Eveleigh
Fine Art Drawings - 59.5 x 42 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€250
![Painting, Their landscape, Part 2, Vlada Hauser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962903_1_grid.jpg)
Their landscape, Part 2
Vlada Hauser
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
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![Sculpture, Ondine, Nella Buscot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/47373_1_grid.jpg)
Ondine
Nella Buscot
Sculpture - 118 x 46 x 25 cm Sculpture - 46.5 x 18.1 x 9.8 inch
Price upon request
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The simple things in life
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Sculpture, Duo Violette, Roland Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189268_1_grid.jpg)
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I was lost but I'm found
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€900
![Photography, Legs in the limo (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214721_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214711_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the Tall Grass (M)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
€4,851
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214710_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the Tall Grass (S)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 45.7 x 45.7 cm Photography - 18 x 18 inch
€2,425
![Painting, Fragments, Elizabeth Hefty-Khoury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207184_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Men Working, Ken Heyman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216312_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Headstand, Ken Heyman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216308_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Legs in the limo (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214725_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the limo (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 160 x 213.4 cm Photography - 63 x 84 inch
€48,507
![Photography, Legs in the limo (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214724_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the limo (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 142.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 56 x 72 inch
€24,254
![Photography, Legs in the limo (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214723_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the limo (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
€14,552
![Photography, Legs in the limo (M), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214722_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214714_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the Tall Grass (XXL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
€48,507
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214713_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the Tall Grass (XL)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
€19,403
![Photography, Legs in the Tall Grass (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214712_1_grid.jpg)
Legs in the Tall Grass (L)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
€9,701
![Painting, Entre copains, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190164_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The light in my mind, Zhivko Mutafchiev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214054_1_grid.jpg)
The light in my mind
Zhivko Mutafchiev
Painting - 85 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
![Fine Art Drawings, Red Caprice Part 1, Dani André Skogfelt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212096_1_grid.jpg)
Red Caprice Part 1
Dani André Skogfelt
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,700
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Poussières d'étoiles Autre
Théo Le Franc
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€780
![Painting, Mano y seda, José Luis Pagador Ponce](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188897_1_grid.jpg)
Mano y seda
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 65 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Jeune fille aux oiseaux, Véronique Clanet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213282_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune fille aux oiseaux
Véronique Clanet
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€1,266
![Sculpture, Tabea, Nando Kallweit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/882786_1_grid.jpg)
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Overwhelmed - Format S
Deborah Zuanazzi
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€600
![Painting, Delacroix N 35, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193510_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Franciszek Starowieyski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207610_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€600
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AhamBrahmasmi (I am Divine). 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
€1,164
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La danseuse de cabaret
Patricia Grangier
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 7.9 inch
€2,760
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La demoiselle du vent ROUGE
Patricia Grangier
Sculpture - 52 x 20 x 22 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 7.9 x 8.7 inch
€2,760
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Tailshot Polo Game
Adélaïde Leferme
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€550
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Woman in blue with a basket
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,650
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Jardim das Fragilidades
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 190 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€18,350
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Domestic yellows III
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 12 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 4.7 x 0.2 inch
€582
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Domestic yellows II
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26 x 14 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inch
€582
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Domestic yellows I
Dzovig Arnelian
Painting - 26.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 10.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 inch
€582
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L'oiseau qui rêve de Mer - Miniature 3
Pauline Couble
Sculpture - 11 x 6 x 10 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 2.4 x 3.9 inch
€350
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L'oiseau qui rêve de Mer 2
Pauline Couble
Sculpture - 37 x 25 x 31 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 9.8 x 12.2 inch
€3,700
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L'oiseau qui rêve de Mer - 1
Pauline Couble
Sculpture - 39 x 25 x 32 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 9.8 x 12.6 inch
€3,700
![Sculpture, Cesar, Roland Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189260_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.