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Marine De Soos
Sculpture - 50 x 83 x 14 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 32.7 x 5.5 inch
$12,117
Delphine patine bleue
Christian Candelier
Sculpture - 46 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$5,385
Lady with greatcoat
Stavri Kalinov
Sculpture - 30 x 10 x 4 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.9 x 1.6 inch
$3,141
Female Substance
Dmitry Kawarga
Sculpture - 50.8 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm Sculpture - 20 x 4 x 4 inch
$7,000
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 Robe Rouge
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
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
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
Kouros Action Vérité
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 55 x 45 x 18 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 17.7 x 7.1 inch
$2,749
Kouros Ceylan 81-14
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 57 x 45 x 18 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 17.7 x 7.1 inch
$2,749
Belisama Rouge Carmin 42-19
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 48 x 42 x 13 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 16.5 x 5.1 inch
$3,366
Kouros - Vision de Cocagne
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 58 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
$2,749
Belisama Bleu mer 19-41
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 46 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
$3,366
Kouros - Et le rideau se lève
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 102 x 57 x 19 cm Sculpture - 40.2 x 22.4 x 7.5 inch
$4,488
Venus au email sang de Boeuf
Bernard Terreaux
Sculpture - 26 x 8 x 6 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 inch
$449
1979 Sein de la belle ingénue en marbre rose Pink marble breast
Marie-Josèphe Bourron
Sculpture - 30 x 23 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.1 x 6.7 inch
$10,657
Le philosophe
Alain Quercia
Sculpture - 138 x 44 x 40 cm Sculpture - 54.3 x 17.3 x 15.7 inch
$15,594
Aluminum figurine of a woman
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 29 x 7 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 2.8 x 2.4 inch
$2,019
Aile de poulet beige
Bernard Duca
Sculpture - 60 x 45 x 15 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 17.7 x 5.9 inch
$10,770
Belisama Golden Dawn
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 53 x 42 x 21 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 16.5 x 8.3 inch
$23,560
Contemplation (Bronze No. 1 of 10)
Joyce Fournier
Sculpture - 25.4 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm Sculpture - 10 x 4.5 x 3.5 inch
$2,200
Mystique Torso - (Bronze No. 2 of 10)
Joyce Fournier
Sculpture - 23.5 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm Sculpture - 9.25 x 4.5 x 4.5 inch
$2,200
Beauty of the gods: The Aphrodite goddess statue
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 52 x 27 x 20 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 10.6 x 7.9 inch
$366
Là 2 (version résine)
Véronique Vigneron
Sculpture - 28 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$1,346
Là (version résine)
Véronique Vigneron
Sculpture - 28 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
$1,346
Disinvoltura Viola
Tiziano Sculpteur
Sculpture - 54 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,132
Pavarti Virvoltant
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 32 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch
$3,366
Small relief in bronze
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 14 x 13 x 3 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 5.1 x 1.2 inch
$269
Bronze figurine (Standing woman)
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 20 x 6 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 2.4 x 2.4 inch
$2,468
Bronze figurine (Maquette)
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 23 x 12 x 7 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 4.7 x 2.8 inch
$2,468
Force et fragilité
Christiane Bernais
Sculpture - 28 x 26 x 8 cm Sculpture - 11 x 10.2 x 3.1 inch
$2,917
Rebond 120
Daniel Perreu
Sculpture - 116.3 x 89.7 x 4.2 cm Sculpture - 45.8 x 35.3 x 1.7 inch
$5,475
Spring on Torso
Abhishek Kumar
Sculpture - 68.8 x 49 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 27.1 x 19.3 x 2 inch
$2,660
Fascinante Caro
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 75 x 41 x 2 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$426
Game over never die
Simone De Rosa
Sculpture - 65 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch
$393
Ohne Titel
William Mountgoaten
Sculpture - 70 x 180 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 70.9 x 15.7 inch
$9,536
L'attente 180
Daniel Perreu
Sculpture - 174.5 x 24.7 x 2 cm Sculpture - 68.7 x 9.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,274
Small relief in bronze
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 15 x 14 x 5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 5.5 x 2 inch
$426
Small relief in bronze
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 13 x 12 x 4 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 4.7 x 1.6 inch
$269
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Corps en ligne
Dani Olivier
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Itinérances
Franceleine Debellefontaine
Sculpture - 38 x 14.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5.7 x 3.1 inch
$5,385
Retrato do artista a beira do abismo
Paulo Abreu
Photography - 70 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 x 0 inch
$662
Elévation
Frédérique Maillart
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$539
Self-portrait in Tanka
Fuh-mi
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$785
Les 82 lunes de Saturne
Maï Fougeront
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch
$1,010
Revealed
James Shipton
Fine Art Drawings - 154.9 x 145 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 57.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,179
Nude Sculpture for Sale
In a similar way to animal or abstract sculpture, nude sculpture is a distinct art genre that depicts humans figures unclothed. Nonetheless, traditional nude figures were often partially clothed with cleverly placed drapery with their genitals covered. Nude art does not necessarily translate as a representation of sheer nakedness and a complete absence of clothing but it does need to have a marked interested in portraying the human body.
Although nude art was only recognized by art critics as a genre of its own in the 20th century, it is one of the oldest forms of art known to date. Made in 24000 BCE, the Venus of Willendorf is an early example of nude sculpture. The fact that it is not a realistic representation of the female figure is irrelevant. The exaggerated chest and stomach may allude to a certain feminine beauty ideal or may be interpreted as symbols of fertility.
In Europe and the Middle East, a nude artistic tradition started to develop. Egyptian and Greco-Roman sculptures are certainly some of the most memorable works from this period of art history, many of which can be seen today at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Greek nudes first started to emerge during the 6th century BCE and focused essentially on portraying a certain ideal standard of beauty. Gods, heroes and athletes were all favorite subject choices for sculptors who sometimes depicted them on a monumental scale.
Throughout art history, the nude has been used to symbolize the canons of beauty of a particular period. In contrast to the Venus of Willendorf, the figures represented in Greek marble sculptures are a much more realistic representation of the proportions of the human body. However, they still adhere to rather strict artistic codes about human representation and the notion of the ideal body. The sculptures continued to depict an ideal standard of beauty, albeit one based more closely on true human nature.
The Roman Empire soon developed a taste for nude sculpture and began a long tradition of copying Greek sculptures for mainly decorative purposes. For quite some time after, the rising influence of Christianity brought the development of nude sculpture to a standstill. It wasn't until the Italian Renaissance that nude sculpture became a prestigious art form once again. Artists began to rediscover a form of artistic expression that allowed them to interpret beauty and glorify mankind.
Famous artists such as Bernini, Benvenuto Cellini or Michelangelo often chose mythological or biblical subjects as a pretext to study and explore human anatomy, creating as a result some of the most important masterpieces of Western art.
Their works contributed to the creation of a canon that dominated the artistic scene until the end of the 19th century when a new wave of sculptors announced the advent of modern art, a movement that was no longer interested in representing the model realistically but was more concerned about the expressive meaning of the work. The work of Auguste Rodin and of Alberto Giacometti are notable examples of the break away from realistic neoclassical nude sculpture.
To get a better idea of current trends in nude sculpture, have a look at the works of contemporary artists such as Sylvie Berry, Jean-François Lemaire and Cade.
What are the three main styles of sculpture?
The three main styles of sculpture are architectural, carvings, and reliefs. Carvings are sculptures created by carving into a material, and reliefs are sculptures where the sculpted components are bonded to a backing material.
Why did Renaissance artists use nudity?
Renaissance artists frequently represented the nude body in their work due to influence from the classical sculptures created in ancient Greece. Artists studied in depth from live models, aiming to create realistic, dynamic and mostly idealized representations of the human body.
Who made the first female nude sculpture?
One of the first known examples of a sculpture representing a female nude figure is Aphrodite of Knidos, a sculpture of the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite. The sculpture was made around the 4th century BC by renowned sculptor Praxiteles of Athens.