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Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$280
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Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
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Valentine Bouvet
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
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Camille Brès
Fine Art Drawings - 66 x 54.1 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 21.3 x 0.4 inch
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De sang froid
Camille Brès
Fine Art Drawings - 54.8 x 43.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 17.1 x 0.4 inch
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Poèmes insoumis
André Masson
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.1 inch
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Alice et la chenille
Michaël Brack
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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La femme a joué tous ses rôles
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Untitled
Alexandre Taillandier
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 13 x 0.4 inch
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Jean-Baptiste Dumont
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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Portrait 3
Christophe Hohler
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 40 x 4.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.7 inch
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Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.1 inch
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Andromaque: Le roi vient
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 26 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch
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Andromaque : La voici. Je te laisse avec ta fiancée !
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 19 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
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Andromaque: Je vous présenterai celle qui doit être...
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 19 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
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Traité d'anatomie chirurgicale
Miodrag Djuric (Dado)
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.3 inch
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L'élu du mariage
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
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Tonal gato 07
Eulogia Merle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 inch
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Ein Spaziergang im Winter / Une promenade en hiver
Franz Roth
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
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Untitled 2
Boshra Mustafa
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 26 x 1.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 10.2 x 0.6 inch
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Paysage en feu
Laurence Bonnet
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
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Dessin 4 -Photographie de presse 01- série d'après collage numérique
Léa Dedieu
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Dessin 3 - Image personnelle 02 - Série d'après collage numérique
Léa Dedieu
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
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Etude assise
Léa Dedieu
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Paysage
Lei Saito
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 26.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 10.4 x 0.4 inch
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Le bruit des ailes
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
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Vampire Lust
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
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5 minutes de discrétion
Jack Hironimus
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 41 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 16.1 inch
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Homme rose et ombre bleue
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.6 x 0 inch
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Persephone
Reinar Foreman
Fine Art Drawings - 52.5 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.7 x 15.4 inch
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Miel Maloberti
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Blue
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
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Étude de la sculpture "MKE"
Aude Herlédan
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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Franciszek Starowieyski
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0 inch
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Nu 29
Thomas Witte
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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Étude pour "Noir Café"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
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Il l’a mis nue dans la minute
Petites Luxures
Fine Art Drawings - 137 x 97 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.9 x 38.2 x 2 inch
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Audrey Fleurot 1
Theo Haggai
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.1 inch
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Tonal gato 06
Eulogia Merle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 inch
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Tonal pajaro 01
Eulogia Merle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 inch
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Etude pour l'avortement
Ernest Pignon-Ernest
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 31 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.2 inch
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Andromaque: C'est une jeune fille
Alekos Fassianos
Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 23 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.5 x 9.1 x 0.4 inch
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Audrey Fleurot 2
Theo Haggai
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 20.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 8.1 inch
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Le travail a créé l’homme lui-même
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 4.3 inch
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Présence
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
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Philippe Pasqua
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
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Le dos
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
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Nude of Woman
Emile Gilioli
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
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Erotic Drawing n. 2
Marcel Vertès
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.3 x 0 inch
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Immersió 204
Oriol Texidor
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
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Voyance
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Untitled
Guyodo (Frantz Jacques)
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
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Casque d'or
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 34 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 13.4 x 0 inch
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Some girls #5
Gwendoline Hausermann
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 8.3 inch
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Caractères héréditaires #4
Hélène Duclos
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
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Serigne Ibrahima Dièye
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 inch
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Tonal caballo 01
Eulogia Merle
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
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Nude of Woman
Anastasia Kurakina
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 10.4 x 0 inch
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Riding
Anastasia Kurakina
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 17.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 6.9 x 0 inch
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Nudes
Anastasia Kurakina
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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Effleurer
Evelyne Postic
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Get Up
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
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Watching over the horizon
Joanna Glazer
Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
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Cola
Sébastien Boismoreau (BEUS)
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
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Sans titre
Menachem Gueffen
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre
Menachem Gueffen
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre
Andrée Vilar
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
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Sans titre
Andrée Vilar
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
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Nude
Simon Goldberg
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0.1 inch
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À mon amour
Alexandra Mas
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
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Homme au Repos
Françoise Leblanc
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Nude from the Back
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 16.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 6.5 x 0.1 inch
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Jugement
Laetitia Allal
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Tête rouge
Laetitia Allal
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
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Nuit fauve, Champagne, et playlist #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
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Nue Au Bas Penchée
Petites Luxures
Fine Art Drawings - 121 x 81 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.6 x 31.9 x 2 inch
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Nude on pillows
Anna Lageda
Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Un homme et une fleur
ADrÉ
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
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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.