On This Day in 1508, Michelangelo Began the Sistine Chapel Ceiling — and Changed How We See the Nude Body Forever
On May 10, 1508, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni received 500 papal ducats from Pope Julius II and recorded in […]
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Jenny Saville Was Born Today, 56 Years Ago. She Reinvented the Female Nude for a New Century.
On May 7, 1970, Jenny Saville was born in Cambridge, England. Fifty-six years later, she has not only become one
Konstantin Somov Died 87 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude a Weapon Against Russian Censorship.
May 6, 1939 — Paris, France. On this day, Konstantin Andreyevich Somov died at the age of 69, an exile
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Was Born Today, 146 Years Ago. He Made the Nude the Weapon That Broke German Art.
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Born Today in Art History: Wojciech Weiss and the Nude in Polish Symbolism (May 4, 1875)
On May 4, 1875, Wojciech Weiss was born in Leorda, Bukovina — a territory then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,
Born Today in Art History: Philip Hermogenes Calderon and the Nude Saint That Shocked Victorian England (May 3, 1833)
On May 3, 1833, the British painter Philip Hermogenes Calderon was born in Poitiers, France to a Spanish father and
Francesco Primaticcio Was Born Today, 522 Years Ago. He Made the Nude the Language of French Power.
The Man Who Brought the Italian Nude to France On April 30, 1504, Francesco Primaticcio was born in Bologna. He
Born Today in Art History: Samuel F.B. Morse and the Nude Study That Preceded the Telegraph (April 27, 1791)
# Born Today in Art History: Samuel F.B. Morse and the Nude Study That Preceded the Telegraph (April 27, 1791)
Born Today in Art History: Eugène Delacroix and the Nude That Stopped Being Polite (April 26, 1798)
Eugène Delacroix, born on this day in 1798, remains the painter most responsible for dragging the nude out of Neoclassical
Born Today in Art History: Gustave Boulanger and the Néo-Grec Nude That Scandalized Rome (April 25, 1824)
On April 25, 1824, Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger was born in Paris — a painter who would make the ancient