subject: Evolution Of The Reclining Female Nude [print this page] One of the most artistic innovations of 15th century Renaissance art in Western Europe has been the female nude. The composition usually accents the glow of a womans skin, and is viewed close up and straight on. The entire width of the canvas is covered with the body with their hands and feet inside the pictures frame. The reclining nude is sometimes asleep, and often faces the viewer.
The pioneer of the style is the Venetian painter Giorgione. The first female reclining nude painting was Giorgiones The Sleeping Venus, painted in 1510. The painting pasteurizes a female figure as the principal subject of the piece, and is the first modern work of art. The Sleeping Venus began the development of painted nudes, as Leonardo Da Vincis mona lisabegan the development of painted portraits. The painting inducts the nude in a landscape setting, which went on to be the great theme of European art. The painting shows true figure and form by its contouring line and modeling of paint.
The Sleeping Venus is not meant to invoke sexual desire; rather she is depicted as a sleeping goddess whom is unaware of anyone watching her. The viewer is made to be the spectator, by Giorgione, voyeurs into Venuss private world. The subject has been taken very seriously by the artist and thus for the first time the female nude is much like painted poetry depicted in visual language. The scenery is set by contrasts. She is sleeping under a protective hill, while there is a storm approaching in the center, and there is a villa on the right. Yet the artist is able to keep the piece unified. This piece is one of the most outstanding works of art of the Venetian Renaissance.
The reclining nude persisted to develop with the great Flemish painter Rubens. Inspired by Ariostos poem Orlando Furioso about a sensual, Rubenesque sleeping Angelica is visited by a hermit whom is going through an internal struggle symbolized by a leering imp or demon behind her; is one of Rubens 1630 paintings. The reclining nude continued through 1863 with the great Manets Olympia, which characterizes a modern Parisian woman. The intent of Manet was to further the tradition which began with Giorgione, he brought the idea of 180 degrees opposite from a sleeping Venus to a common Parisian whore receiving flowers, perhaps from another womans husband. The setting was of a typical Parisian apartment with a cat to symbolize infidelity.
Other famous reclining nude artists include amedeo modigliani, whom is famous for her Art Deco-style which features women in haunting poses. Interpreting the female body in her pieces shows that the woman is tense, and may even be in distress. She looks more like an athlete, with strong arms and legs. Popular at the time was the Cubist style by muted colors.
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