Sunday, June 13, 2010

Nudes in Arts: Idealized Female Beauty









Continued from the post.."Nudes in Arts".. click here..

Female beauty have inspired writers, poets, painters and sculptors..
Max Beckmann's distorted form in "Reclining Nude" and Pablo Picasso's cubist approach in "Nude Under a Pine Tree".. are modern updates on classical ideas..

Image 1: Diana /1889 - By MacMonnies..
Image 2: Standing Woman [Elevation] /1927 - By Gaston Lachaise..
Image 3: Reclining Nude/1929 - Max Backman..
Image 4: Nude under a Pine Tree /1959 - By Pablo Picasso..

Some classics..
- Venus de Milo - Found at Milo/ 130-120 B.C..
- Aphrodite of Cnidus - By Praxiteles / 4th century BC...
- Birth of Venus - By Sandro Botticelli / 1485..
- La Maja - By Francisco Goya /1800 ...

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