History of Nude Painting in Art Renaissance Era

  Nude in 15th to 17th centuries The Quattrocento Nude in Baroque History of Nude Painting in Art Renaissance Era – 15th to 17th centuries Rubens  +  Da Vinci  +  Titian  +  Tintoretto  + Giorgione  +  Botticelli  +  Van Loo  +  Correggio  +  Jacob Jordaens  + Lemoyne. + Le Sueur   What’s the renaissance? The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 15th century …

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Venus and Cupid in Renaissance Nude Artworks

Venus and Cupid in Nude Artworks The recreation of the figures of Venus and Cupid was one of the most prestigious moments in Renaissance painting. The classical iconography represented the recognition of Antiquity and the union with the culture of the Christian world of medieval tradition. The role of Venus in Renaissance painting has fostered a broad historiographical tradition from different theoretical perspectives. Countless Renaissance painters have painted Cupid and Venus in every possible style. The mythological recreation of Sandro …

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Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun   (Paris; April 16, 1755-Louveciennes; March 30, 1842) was the most famous French painter of the 18th century and one of the most sought-after portrait painters of her time. Her paintings are present in a hundred museums in 20 countries.1 Her work includes 900 paintings, including 700 portraits—many self-portraits, 30 portraits of her friend Marie Antoinette and 67 portraits made during the six years of exile in Russia. . During her travels she became a …

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Las Meninas or The Ladies-in-waiting, 1656 Velazquez Painting

Las Meninas or ‘The Ladies-in-waiting’ 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid Las Meninas is one of the most original and revolutionary works in art history. When Diego Velázquez began to paint this painting in 1655, he did not do it thinking of the public exhibition that he has today, but for private contemplation and delight. The work was intended for the private summer office of King Felipe IV of Spain, in the old Alcazar of Madrid.   …

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