Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Comparative Study: Images of Bodily Beauty Through Time

Comparative Study: Examples of bodily beauty around the world and through time.

China: Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court ladies, Gu Kaizhi (344-406)

Cancuen, Panel 3, 8th Century, Mayan

Cupid Complaining to Venus, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1525), Germany

Greek Goddess

Mohini, Hoysala Karnataka by Hock Khoe (12th Century) India

Bust of Nefertiti: Egyptian

Princess Tarakanova, Konstantin Flavitsky, 1864, Russia

Venus of Urbino, Titian, 1538, Italy

Two Lovers, Riza Abbasi, 1630, Iran

The Hireling Sheperd, William Holman Hunt, 1851, England

Full Article from the Telegraph Arts section


Artist of the Week: Duy Huynh

Artist Duy Huynh derives inspiration from a variety of sources to create her surreal, yet very personal work. (Read more on her website)