Nude Artworks

Works devoted to the nude occupy a fundamental place in the history of art, serving as a territory for exploring the human body in all its formal and symbolic diversity. A central subject since ancient Greece, where the representation of the idealized body constituted the very foundation of sculptural and pictorial practice, the nude has traversed the centuries, constantly reinventing itself in response to the sensibilities and questions specific to each era.

From Titian to Courbet, from Modigliani to Lucian Freud, each generation of artists has negotiated differently the aesthetic, moral, and political issues attached to the representation of the naked body, oscillating between idealization and crudity, sensuality and detachment, celebration and critique.

In contemporary art, the nude breaks free from academic conventions to explore much broader territories, where the body becomes a fully-fledged visual language, capable of conveying narratives about identity, gender, desire, and human vulnerability. Painting, sculpture, photography, and publishing offer a wealth of different perspectives on this inexhaustible subject, each medium bringing its own sensory and expressive qualities to the representation of the body.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that explore the nude through diverse approaches and aesthetics, demonstrating the enduring vitality of a subject central to the history of art and the human condition.

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Photography, Green Abyss, Svante Gullichsen

Svante Gullichsen

Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€1,946

Photography, Reset I, Léa Bon

Léa Bon

Photography . 74.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Jimmy Page, Robert Knight

Robert Knight

Photography . 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Photography . 16 x 20 x 2 inch

€1,311

Photography, Familiar, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,922

Photography, Traces, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,922

Photography, Becoming water, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 79.8 x 79.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 31.4 x 31.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,922

Photography, Repose, Ken Enlow

Ken Enlow

Photography . 53.3 x 91.4 x 1.3 cm Photography . 21 x 36 x 0.5 inch

€2,712

Photography, Rayas Three, Ricky Cohete

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,875

Photography, Rayas Two, Ricky Cohete

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,875

Photography, Rayas One, Ricky Cohete

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,875

Photography, Cortina, Ricky Cohete

Ricky Cohete

Photography . 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography . 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch

€5,875

Photography, Les Acrobates VII, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates I, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates II, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates III, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates IV, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates V, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Acrobates VI, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 69.9 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 27.5 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Les Voiles, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Planet Plastic II, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,615

Photography, Planet Plastic I, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 69.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Photography . 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,615

Photography, Marise. Nature series, Uwe Ommer

Uwe Ommer

Photography . 90.2 x 69.9 x 0.3 cm Photography . 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 inch

€3,163

Photography, Floating, Toni Frissell

Toni Frissell

Photography . 76 x 51 cm Photography . 29.9 x 20.1 inch

€1,200

Photography, Metamorphosis, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€904

Photography, Reset, Léa Bon

Léa Bon

Photography . 74.9 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 29.5 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€3,615

Photography, Adamantine, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€904

Photography, Vigil, Michaela Haider

Michaela Haider

Photography . 49.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Photography . 19.6 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch

€904

Photography, Coke, Mikael Kenta

Mikael Kenta

Photography . 105 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography . 41.33 x 27.55 x 0.1 inch

€2,802