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Portrait of a boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$466
Nuit Fauve, Champagne et playlist #3
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$721
Portrait of a boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$277
Portrait of a boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$311
The boy on the motorcycle
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$533
Smiling Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$422
Red House And Body
Danylo Movchan
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$444
Blue Shadow
Danylo Movchan
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$444
Metaphor
Evrim Özeskici
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$499
Nuit Fauve, Champagne et playlist #4
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$721
Broken (Kindergarten)
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 inch
$6,105
Art Deco Nude 23-08-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored pencil on paper
Corné Akkers
Fine Art Drawings - 24.1 x 31 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.5 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$339
Toxicity wherever you are
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 90 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 35.4 inch
$444
Sans titre
Michel Lablais
Fine Art Drawings - 34.3 x 27.2 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.5 x 10.7 x 0.2 inch
$499
Women
Lucien Coutaud
Fine Art Drawings - 20.5 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.1 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$422
Two Bodies With Hidden Faces
Danylo Movchan
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$444
Nude black
Maciej Woltman
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,443
Nude
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$333
Nudes
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 45 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$333
Etude -nu
Frédérique Maillart
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$333
Arabesque
Frédérique Maillart
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$377
Le Collectionneur
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 21.7 inch
$6,105
Figure Sketch No. 5
Elizabeth Becker
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 inch
$250
Meanwhile in Paris
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 144 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 56.7 inch
$6,105
Smiling Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$433
Smiling Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$422
La lutte
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$721
Her ghost in the fog
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$721
The Nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 14.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 5.7 x 0 inch
$444
The nude
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$499
The Naked Man
Alberto Ziveri
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$444
Couple Nuit
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$721
Étreinte Sanguine
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$832
IL est mien #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$832
Syrinx et Pan
ADrÉ
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$433
Oedipe et le Sphinx
ADrÉ
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$433
Standing Nude
Georges-Henri Tribout
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.1 x 0 inch
$333
Nu de dos
Frédérique Maillart
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 30 x 0.02 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$444
She dropped the ball
Edward Zelinsky
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.3 inch
$435
Nude
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$333
Le Globe
Changzheng Zhu
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 38 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 15 x 0.1 inch
$101
Confrontation
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$533
Figure
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$355
Nude
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.4 x 0 inch
$377
Nude of Boy
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$422
Two Friends Walking on the Beach
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$444
Boy on the road
Anthony Roaland
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$388
Dancing under the blackest light
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 84 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 33.1 x 0 inch
$1,276
Living Melancholia
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$943
A Woman
Anastasia Kurakina
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 13 x 0.11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$400
Offrande Impie #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Les Ombres du Tartare #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,054
L'élégance désabusée
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Intime résidence
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 64 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 25.2 x 0 inch
$1,054
Suffocation
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,054
Jouir du Mal
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
The hand that feed
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Flaying in darkness
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,054
Dancing until we are dead
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$943
Confinement
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Attente & Mélancholie
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$943
Please blow my mind away
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$943
Le désir au fond des yeux
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Les mains étrangères
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Venus with a mirror I
Fredy Escobar Vega
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 inch
$377
Tea Stained Collage - Recline
Kathleen Ney
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$335
Fumée 22e1
Etienne Gros
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,664
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.