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La Grande Odalisque by Ingres86

The Naked Truth - The Nude in Art, and Drawing from Life

La Grande Odalisque by Ingres Years ago I went to life classes with my friend Ella. We were both keen young artists and we loved to work directly from a live, nude model. Often these models were male, and...

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A Review on Nipples, Penises, Pubic Hair or Art

CensorshipToday’s world is unique. In that it is an era grappled in the most serious form of controversial ironies and hypocritical censorship. We live in a world were foreplay and adult intercourse...

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to see you naked is to recall the earth: nude paintings of the female form

I was in the zone researching for the second part of my series on art movements when I stumbled upon a major blockade - a parade of nude women that seem to appear in every high and low points of art history....

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"THE OLD MUSICIAN" BY MANET (1862) IS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY IN WASHINGTON DC79

Impressionism Art

The Impressionists were painters in Paris who changed the way art was created, as well as the appreciation of art by the viewing public. The name appears to have been derived from a painting by Claude Monet...

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New York's MET

Last summer, my aunt and I had a day of museums planned on our trip to New York. First we would hit the Guggenheim, then the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Only half of our plans came to fruition, though. ...

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Manet's Discursive Paintbrush

 Manet's Discursive PaintbrushI want to focus on one of Edouard Manet's (1832-1883) later works entitles The Plum (1877). This work represents the synthesis of Baudelaire's flaneur and L’Assommoir of...

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Manet

  Looking at Manet’s painting of Clair De Lune Sur le Port de Boulogne, the painting seems as if it is nightfall and the moon is full and is casting enough light over the sail boats and the women...

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A Series of Women Artists: Berthe Morisot

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) paintedprimarily her family and immediate environment. She was also one of the first to join the Impressionists. Both Morisot and her sister Edma were encouraged by family to paint...

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Edouard Manet - French Artist

Artist Edouard Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris, France to a well-off family; his father was a judge who expected his son to follow in his footsteps and study law. In 1848, Manet sailed to Rio de...

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Berthe Morisot - Female Impressionist Painter

Artist Berthe Morisot was born on January 14, 1841 in Bourges, France. Her father was a successful businessman and she had a sister, Edma. The family believed that they had the artist Fragonard in their...

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