The Blonde Odalisque
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The Blonde Odalisque, or Resting Girl, are two oil-on-canvas paintings by the French painter François Boucher. The paintings feature a naked woman on her stomach on a couch. The first was made in 1751
The 1751 version of the painting, which is currently held in the Wallraf–Richartz Museum in Cologne.
The 1752 version of the painting, which is currently held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
Nude (art)
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The nude, as a form of visual art that focuses on the unclothed human figure, is an enduring tradition in Western art. It was a preoccupation of Ancient Greek art, and after a semi-dormant period in t
The Blonde Odalisque
…100 Great Paintings, 1980 BBC series Nude (art) A female nude reclining on a chaise-longue by François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770…
David (1504) "And what barbarous judge is there that cannot understand that the foot of a man is more noble than his shoe? His skin than that of the sheep from which his clothes are made?" — Michelangelo
Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos (1808–1812) by John Vanderlyn. The painting was initially considered too sexual for display in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Although nudity in art was publicly protested by Americans, Vanderlyn observed that they would pay to see pictures of which they disapproved."
The Venus of Willendorf (made between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE)
The Burney Relief, First Babylonian Dynasty (c. 1800 BCE)