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Ondine série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 11 x 48 x 21 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 18.9 x 8.3 inch
$4,502
Désinvolte série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 44 x 19 x 29 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 7.5 x 11.4 inch
$5,229
La conquérante série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 33 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
$5,115
Repos série corps d'homme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 17 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 6.7 inch
$2,615
Petite affirmation série corps de femme
Chantal Molinié Jonquet
Sculpture - 23 x 19 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.5 x 5.9 inch
$2,615
Voorsprong (Head start)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 38 x 27 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 10.6 x 5.9 inch
$3,979
Maria (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 60 x 90 x 54 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 35.4 x 21.3 inch
$59,112
Egèe assise h cm 140 (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 140 x 86 x 80 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 33.9 x 31.5 inch
$65,933
Précieuse (Precious)
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 110 x 70 x 66 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 27.6 x 26 inch
$56,213
Pantomime
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 61 x 24 x 36 cm Sculpture - 24 x 9.4 x 14.2 inch
$14,551
Femmes qui lisent sont dangereuses
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 84 x 46 x 41 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 18.1 x 16.1 inch
$25,577
Femme assise sur socle
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 30 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch
$6,593
Egèe assise (bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 43 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 16.9 inch
$39,787
Busto Athena
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 45 x 40 x 27 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 15.7 x 10.6 inch
$20,462
Belle endormie 2024
Sylvie Bourely
Sculpture - 12 x 50 x 19 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 19.7 x 7.5 inch
$1,705
La petite tresse
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 22 x 15.5 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 6.1 x 4.7 inch
$4,092
Champagne
Françoise Abraham
Sculpture - 88 x 59 x 35 cm Sculpture - 34.6 x 23.2 x 13.8 inch
$18,188 $17,279
Buste Homme Aluminium 2
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 24 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 9.4 inch
$546
Buste homme Aluminium
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 25 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 9.8 inch
$546
Les Insouciantes 7/8
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 25 x 23 x 50 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.1 x 19.7 inch
$4,092
Vertige - portrait et corps de femme
Véronique Dumont Sculptrice
Sculpture - 57 x 37 x 32 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 14.6 x 12.6 inch
$11,368
Trois mouvements d’Ailine III
Yiyan Zhou
Sculpture - 18 x 13 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.1 x 3.1 inch
$2,501
Trois mouvements d’Ailine II
Yiyan Zhou
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 9 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 3.5 inch
$2,501
H2 Eau
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 117 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 46.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$2,842
Le Bonbon d'Arson 'Rouge'
Arson
Sculpture - 60 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
$2,160
N°1211 - Untitled Body
Hossein Hemmati
Sculpture - 70 x 40 x 14 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 15.7 x 5.5 inch
$1,705
Ceramic figurative sculpture Candle Flame
Sve Gri
Sculpture - 22 x 14 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 inch
$818
Vanité
Marie Thérèse Tsalapatanis
Sculpture - 27 x 9 x 23 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 3.5 x 9.1 inch
$2,501
Le châle
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 46 x 17 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 6.7 x 7.9 inch
$9,094 $8,185
Yanna au coquillage
Jacques Coquillay
Sculpture - 100 x 31 x 21 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 12.2 x 8.3 inch
$17,052
Stop and focus
Emmanuel Okoro
Sculpture - 95 x 110 x 20 cm Sculpture - 37.4 x 43.3 x 7.9 inch
$5,606
Le Triangle Parfait
Merry Kerpitchian (Merry K)
Sculpture - 12 x 25 x 22 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 9.8 x 8.7 inch
$4,433
Icaro III
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 45 x 34.6 x 48.5 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.6 x 19.1 inch
$5,002
El salto II
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 43 x 15 x 57.5 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 5.9 x 22.6 inch
$5,115
El lugar que habito III
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 54 x 22 x 77 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 8.7 x 30.3 inch
$4,888
La danseuse
Merry Kerpitchian (Merry K)
Sculpture - 15 x 31 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 12.2 x 4.3 inch
$4,263
Angel with Heart
Sandro Chia
Sculpture - 57.2 x 25.4 x 16.5 cm Sculpture - 22.5 x 10 x 6.5 inch
$12,000
La Grande Valdivienne
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 41.5 x 17.5 x 6 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 6.9 x 2.4 inch
$5,468
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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.
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.
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.
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.