Admiration of The Female Form Throughout History

     The female form has been admired by men since the beginning of time. Throughout history many artist have tried to capture the beauty and the power of seduction a women's body processes. Some cultures depict gods as women and associate them with what is pure and beautiful. In history men have always competed for women and some have even fought to death for them. A women's body is extraordinary simply because of its ability to seduce a man to the point of lust and also the ability to give life. i personally find it fascinating how a women can give birth to a child and mold that child into a person. This exhibit i have created is to show how artist have studied the female form in different cultures and times. The exhibit will showcase paintings of the female form in the nude. Women in these paintings show their comfort with their sexuality and are portrayed as desirable individuals.

   

Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

"Mars and Venus United by Love" (Italian, Verona 1528–1588 Venice)

Gustave Courbet 

"The Woman in the Waves"

 (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)

Johann Liss"Nymph and Shepherd" (German, ca. 1595/1600–1631)

Auguste Renoir "A Young Girl with Daisies"(French, Limoges 1841–1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer)

Kenneth Hayes Miller "Landscape with Figures"(American, Oneida, New York 1876–1959New York, New York) 

Thomas Eakins 

"Female Nude from the Back"

 (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Unknown Artist

"Female Nude from the Back" French

John Sloan

"Nude with Wineglass"

 (American, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania 1871–1951 Hanover, New Hampshire)

Laurent de La Hyre

"Allegory of Music"

(French, Paris 1606–1656 Paris)

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  

"The Toilet of Bathsheba"

(Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)

Gustave Courbet

"The Young Bather"

(French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)

Giampietrino (Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli) 

"Diana the Huntress"

 (Italian, Milanese, active by ca. 1495–died 1553)

Gustave Courbet

"Woman with a Parrot"

 (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 

"Tamaris"

 (French, Lyons 1824–1898 Paris)

Odilon Redon

"Pandora"

 (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris)