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Déesse de Paris N1
Valentin Savtcheko
Painting - 54 x 72.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.5 x 1 inch
$2,019
Portrait-I(The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant,New York,2003)
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,609
Belisama Golden Dawn
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 53 x 42 x 21 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 16.5 x 8.3 inch
$23,560
Chemise
Maciej Woltman
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 2 inch
$1,458
Pauline mise en abyme
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,366
Nude Art II-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$561
Apparition chambre bleue
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 100 x 130 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,366
June, nude
Jean-Robert Franco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,366
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
Model in the studio
Dima Filatov
Painting - 73 x 121 x 0.5 cm Painting - 28.7 x 47.6 x 0.2 inch
$651
Cascade noire
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$729
Le dos de Juliette
Clara Delaporte
Photography - 31 x 21 x 2 cm Photography - 12.2 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
$337
Erotic # 1
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$337
Erotic # 3
Pascal Marlin
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$280
Rêves
Thalia Dalecky
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$381
Women`s altar
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 127 x 108 x 0.7 cm Painting - 50 x 42.5 x 0.3 inch
$4,936
Do you smoke after ? #1
Charly Desoubry
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Le Martyr
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$841
Entrelacs & Miroirs I
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 42 x 55 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$841
Double portrait-II
Stanislav Bojankov
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$4,488
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
Nude Art III-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.6 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$561
Cold ceramic composition
Stavri Kalinov
Painting - 120 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$10,097
Female nude: Free
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$8,414
Pavarti Virvoltant
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 32 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch
$3,366
Endormie
Thalia Dalecky
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$359
Succombe ! #2
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$841
Succombe ! #1
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$841
Les demoiselles dansent
Patmoli
Painting - 200 x 210 x 0.3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 82.7 x 0.1 inch
$6,283
N° 263 La confusions des traits du temps.
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$561
N° 441 Camouflage
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 48 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 18.9 x 0.1 inch
$617
N° 558 Le rêve.
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 49 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$561
Divas de Jazz #3
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$998
Lumière 12-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 102 x 67 x 0.6 cm Painting - 40.2 x 26.4 x 0.2 inch
$5,609
Lumière 8-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 110 x 70 x 0.6 cm Painting - 43.3 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$5,609
Sofi du cabaret
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,019
Queen Margot
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,805
Depth of the emerald ocean
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,997
N° 983 Les chants de Maldoror.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.9 inch
$673
Écho de lumière 1-22
Alexandre Moore Rockefeller
Painting - 40 x 34 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch
$505
Genesis, One of three works in the Harmony series
Oleksandra Horscroft
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$561
Blue background
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$208
Le jeu des sept différences variante
Valentine Bouvet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$942
Le jeu des sept différences
Valentine Bouvet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$942
Mélangeons-nous & oublions demain
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,049
Light of Desire
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 50 x 82 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 32.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,805
Cascade Rouge
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 90 x 53 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$3,085
Contre l'Oubli
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,085
À fleur de peau
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,488
Primal
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,805
ELLE To be beautiful and pregnant /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$639
ELLE Une sirène / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,088
ELLE Le soleil la mer
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,088
ELLE, Bain de soleil
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch
$1,088
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.