The Renaissance Nude
Discover how Renaissance artists sought to portray the nude in new ways, and how complex responses to representations of the naked human body continue to this day.
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Virgin and Child (detail), about 1452-55, Jean Fouquet, oil on oak panel. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen. Image © www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, photo Dominique Provost
The Renaissance Nude
Discover how Renaissance artists sought to portray the nude in new ways, and how complex responses to representations of the naked human body continue to this day.
Tour preview:
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Virgin and Child (detail), about 1452-55, Jean Fouquet, oil on oak panel. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen. Image © www.lukasweb.be - Art in Flanders vzw, photo Dominique Provost