![Print, Figure à la flûte, Agnès Dubart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676623_1_grid.jpg)
Human body
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
![Print, Figure à la flûte, Agnès Dubart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676623_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Figure à l'envers, Agnès Dubart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/676608_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Memory Index 2, Julian Hibbard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/507338_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le titan, André Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/275581_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La casa II, Amancio Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177866_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, El hombre y el mar, Amancio Gonzalez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177569_1_grid.jpg)
El hombre y el mar
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 25 x 45 x 83 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 17.7 x 32.7 inch
$7,848
![Fine Art Drawings, Szrzf, Emilie Chauvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176479_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet, Claire Bonnet-Masimbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171049_1_grid.jpg)
Bouquet
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Painting - 147 x 96 x 4.5 cm Painting - 57.9 x 37.8 x 1.8 inch
$2,803
![Painting, Brigitte, Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nisus et Euryale - Énéide de Virgile - série Mythologie romaine, Henri Mahé dit HIM](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154795_1_grid.jpg)
Nisus et Euryale - Énéide de Virgile - série Mythologie romaine
Henri Mahé dit HIM
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,503
![Painting, Behind the muse, Vakhtang Khelashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147823_1_grid.jpg)
Behind the muse
Vakhtang Khelashvili
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2.2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.9 inch
$2,466
![Photography, The enigma - H0371, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145787_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Kouros Triptych 01, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145263_1_grid.jpg)
Kouros Triptych 01
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 61 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$12,000
![Painting, Park, Hyo-Sik Park](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142007_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Changing room, Suthamma (Ta) Byrne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130976_1_grid.jpg)
Changing room
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,890
![Painting, Try walking in my shoes., Elena Shichko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2120448_1_grid.jpg)
Try walking in my shoes.
Elena Shichko
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,027
![Painting, Girl friends, Elena Shichko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117994_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La nuisette, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028093_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le bon moyen, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cigarette, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018499_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les deux rouquines, Victorine Follana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018454_1_grid.jpg)
Les deux rouquines
Victorine Follana
Painting - 100 x 81 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
![Sculpture, Soar, Paige Bradley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008965_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Maculée conception (Madone barbelée), Yves Hayat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1989237_1_grid.jpg)
La Maculée conception (Madone barbelée)
Yves Hayat
Print - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Print - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$8,408
![Sculpture, Nigrum, Jesus Curia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1966329_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fight, Jesus Curia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1965075_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Tropical Bath, Thomas Louvagny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962705_1_grid.jpg)
Tropical Bath
Thomas Louvagny
Photography - 60 x 45 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$729
![Fine Art Drawings, 23 05 _6, Emilie Chauvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1951485_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Arrogante, Dominique Dardek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942398_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Entre deux mondes, Dominique Dardek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942395_1_grid.jpg)
Entre deux mondes
Dominique Dardek
Sculpture - 57 x 30 x 16 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 11.8 x 6.3 inch
$4,821
![Sculpture, L' Ambitieuse, Dominique Dardek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942386_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Different Shades of Human, Salome Khubashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1777302_1_grid.jpg)
Different Shades of Human
Salome Khubashvili
Painting - 110 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 63 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
![Print, Les Oiseaux, Sakti Burman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769388_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Venus, Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1415196_1_grid.jpg)
Venus
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 142 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 55.9 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
$4,260
![Sculpture, Birth (Maquette), The Sphere (Blue), Paige Bradley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1269882_1_grid.jpg)
Birth (Maquette), The Sphere (Blue)
Paige Bradley
Sculpture - 50.8 x 12.7 x 20.3 cm Sculpture - 20 x 5 x 8 inch
$9,450
![Photography, Cortina, Ricky Cohete](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225776_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In Spite of dreams (Diptychs), Portfolio of 6 photographs, Michael James O'Brien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170582_1_grid.jpg)
In Spite of dreams (Diptychs), Portfolio of 6 photographs
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$15,000
![Sculpture, Surrender Cup, The Connections (Third Life), Paige Bradley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097160_1_grid.jpg)
Surrender Cup, The Connections (Third Life)
Paige Bradley
Sculpture - 76.2 x 22.9 x 26.7 cm Sculpture - 30 x 9 x 10.5 inch
$18,500
![Painting, Au-dos-portrait, Em'Ji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/109387_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In our Intimate Moments - 05, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081788_1_grid.jpg)
In our Intimate Moments - 05
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Au fond du Coeur, Francky Criquet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022733_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Semper vivat, Francky Criquet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022709_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le parfum des couleurs, Francky Criquet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1022703_1_grid.jpg)
Le parfum des couleurs
Francky Criquet
Painting - 122 x 172 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 67.7 x 1.2 inch
$5,269
![Print, Humand Architect, Michael Alan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/988179_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les anges de la nuit, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/761799_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Thanatos, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/759834_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Strippers in a Club, Atlanta, Georgia, Leonard Freed](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/648798_1_grid.jpg)
Strippers in a Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Leonard Freed
Photography - 27.9 x 35.6 cm Photography - 11 x 14 inch
$5,000
![Painting, Woman/Man - From the series "Palmas I", Jorge Carruana](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/638025_1_grid.jpg)
Woman/Man - From the series "Palmas I"
Jorge Carruana
Painting - 135 x 100 x 1.2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 39.4 x 0.5 inch
$5,919
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Bruce Tchibozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/582987_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Bruce Tchibozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/582981_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Bruce Tchibozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/582972_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Bruce Tchibozo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/546730_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre
Bruce Tchibozo
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 19.7 inch
$673
![Painting, My model, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177206_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Medu'see, FabEnt (Fabrice Entemeyer)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176158_1_grid.jpg)
Medu'see
FabEnt (Fabrice Entemeyer)
Sculpture - 13.5 x 11 x 18 cm Sculpture - 5.3 x 4.3 x 7.1 inch
$673
![Sculpture, Deep water 2, Pencho Dobrev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158789_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Boy, Pencho Dobrev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158776_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Rafael Bartolozzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153980_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Rafael Bartolozzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153436_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Vona, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147173_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Emballons-nous !, Idan Wizen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145776_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Divadlo na Prádle, Lukas Dvorak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140932_1_grid.jpg)
Divadlo na Prádle
Lukas Dvorak
Photography - 61 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
![Fine Art Drawings, Emotions in Cube, Shota Imerlishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140796_1_grid.jpg)
Emotions in Cube
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 43 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 16.9 x 0 inch
$5,045
![Painting, 116_LD, Silas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139786_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 116_PF, Silas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139780_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, 062, Agur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136884_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled 2 (En rouge), Larsen Sotelo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135344_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Untitled 1 (En rouge), Larsen Sotelo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131879_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Andalouse, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131252_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reminiscence, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fabrizio, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131243_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Détente, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131240_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nonchalante, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131189_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Esprit bienveillant, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Servante, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131177_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mme Soleil, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Charlotte, Witold Pyzik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128885_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Overfloating XXIII, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124780_1_grid.jpg)
Overfloating XXIII
Matteo Nannini
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,381
![Painting, The Mermaid, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124678_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Question, Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maybe a Kiss.., Matteo Nannini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122347_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Marianne à la Rose 1/8, Marcos Rodrigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108190_1_grid.jpg)
Marianne à la Rose 1/8
Marcos Rodrigo
Sculpture - 67.5 x 29 x 19 cm Sculpture - 26.6 x 11.4 x 7.5 inch
$2,971
![Painting, Give me a reason, Diana Rosa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050431_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cauchemars - Odalisque aux poissons, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027652_1_grid.jpg)
Cauchemars - Odalisque aux poissons
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$308
![Print, La chute des corps I, Lionel Morateur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2027613_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mend No. 18, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017899_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nude on a velvet couch, Laurent Proneur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875948_1_grid.jpg)
Nude on a velvet couch
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$29,500
![Sculpture, Paris-Pékin, Marie-Madeleine Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1845648_1_grid.jpg)
Paris-Pékin
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 68 x 38 x 50 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 15 x 19.7 inch
$29,149
![Sculpture, Muguet, Marie-Madeleine Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1845630_1_grid.jpg)
Muguet
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 67 x 34 x 30 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 13.4 x 11.8 inch
$9,529
![Painting, Milena, Olena Siniuhina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1747434_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Interpretation: Rubens (2), Edin Mustafic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1733736_1_grid.jpg)
Interpretation: Rubens (2)
Edin Mustafic
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,177
![Painting, Shadow land, Carolina Gynning](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I love you, Carolina Gynning](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Take me, Carolina Gynning](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685061_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mr. Blue, Renata Dyk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1683924_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.