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Danse 7
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$337
Danse 6
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Danse 4
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Danse 3
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$337
Danse 1
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$337
Flou 3
Gabriel Quirant - Pidet
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$337
India dreams - Passion N°5
Jean-François Charles
Print - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$224
Delphine patine bleue
Christian Candelier
Sculpture - 46 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$5,385
Figure Sketch No. 12
Elizabeth Becker
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 16 inch
$450
Figure Sketch No. 11
Elizabeth Becker
Fine Art Drawings - 50.2 x 38.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.75 x 15.25 inch
$450
Lady with greatcoat
Stavri Kalinov
Sculpture - 30 x 10 x 4 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.9 x 1.6 inch
$3,141
Nu n° II sur carte michelin
Valérie Evrard
Photography - 16 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$449
Nu n° I sur plan de rivière
Valérie Evrard
Photography - 16 x 22 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$449
Portrait sur carte - Mon coeur en Italie
Valérie Evrard
Photography - 22 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0 inch
$449
Nu - Raphaelle
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$90
From the series "3 Days" - Collaboration with Kirill Koteshov
Ilya Gaponov
Painting - 200 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$16,290
Figure summary, 1979 DESTOCKAGE
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$112
Model summary, 1980
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$164
Nudo, 1979 DESTOCKAGE
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$112
Composition with model, 1979
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$168
Nude, 1979 DESTOCKAGE
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$135
Nude, 1979
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$146
Model, 1975
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$157
Model, 1978 DESTOCKAGE 50 EURO
Paolo Ambrosio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$56
Le t-shirt à cœur
Alban Garachon
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 25 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$505
Pixel. J
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Painting - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
Pixel. T
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,627
Female Substance
Dmitry Kawarga
Sculpture - 50.8 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm Sculpture - 20 x 4 x 4 inch
$7,000
La mujer de la luna
Carmen Cañadas
Painting - 162 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
$17,950 $14,360
3 Women and a Harlequin
Peter Carella
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,800
Un séisme ordinaire
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,805
Black Lupanar
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,805
Les enveloppes - image 8/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$463
Les enveloppes - image 5/13
Sarah Salazar
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$463
Les révélations de l'Hydre
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$2,805
Rêve d'une vie
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,524
Esculmau 105 Robe Bleu nuit Satin
Arson
Sculpture - 102 x 32 x 17 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 12.6 x 6.7 inch
$2,917
Esculmau 105 Vert pomme
Arson
Sculpture - 102 x 32 x 17 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 12.6 x 6.7 inch
$2,749
Paleolithic Bronze Figurine
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 23 x 9 x 8 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 3.5 x 3.1 inch
$2,749
L'avortement - La mer donne et reprend tout
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 42 x 59.4 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 23.4 x 0 inch
$269
Bronze Figurine (Standing Woman)
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 25 x 6 x 7 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 2.4 x 2.8 inch
$2,805
Bronze Figurine of a Woman
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 29 x 7 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 2.8 x 2.4 inch
$3,209
Elevation inversion
Allison Harrell
Painting - 49.5 x 72.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.5 x 28.5 x 1 inch
$6,731
G3
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,301
G2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,301
G1
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 120 x 80 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,301
Danseuse et tête bleue
Robillard Puvinel
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$314
Belisama It's only gold
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 53 x 44 x 14 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 17.3 x 5.5 inch
$23,560
Belisama Jocaste
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 54 x 36 x 20 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 14.2 x 7.9 inch
$17,950
Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Ombrelles japonaises
Davis Y
Photography - 20 x 20 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$168
Shijunku99 - Beauty - #002 - Feu du soleil levant
Davis Y
Photography - 20 x 20 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$168
Lotta perpetua
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$393
Seme dischiuso
Nicola Bertoglio
Photography - 50 x 81 x 4 cm Photography - 19.7 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$393
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.