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Course de vaisseaux, Pilote 1
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 43 x 70 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 27.6 x 9.8 inch
$20,194
Esus II
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 100 x 53 x 57 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 20.9 x 22.4 inch
$50,485
Esclave II
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 38 x 54 x 24 cm Sculpture - 15 x 21.3 x 9.4 inch
$18,377
Love-large size
Muraz Martirosyan
Sculpture - 59 x 18 x 13 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 7.1 x 5.1 inch
$5,049
The little self made man
Víctor Hugo Yáñez Piña
Sculpture - 27 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
$5,385
Boundolibe
Marie-Noëlle Deverre
Sculpture - 25 x 150 x 100 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 59.1 x 39.4 inch
$1,683
Klein jongetje met vleugels
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 19 x 10 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch
$1,066
Mint Julep
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 53 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$5,037
Petite Vénus Graffée
Maxime Davoust
Sculpture - 35 x 10 x 8 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch
$1,234
Angel in a wheel
Muraz Martirosyan
Sculpture - 83 x 39 x 26 cm Sculpture - 32.7 x 15.4 x 10.2 inch
$14,585
More from Southend Beach
Manny Woodard
Sculpture - 59 x 19 x 19 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 7.5 x 7.5 inch
$1,079
Ce plaisir est le mien (2)
Reno
Sculpture - 22 x 26 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 10.2 x 5.9 inch
$1,099
Salamba Cabaret
Merry Kerpitchian (Merry K)
Sculpture - 45 x 32 x 17 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 12.6 x 6.7 inch
$2,076
Thésée et l'Amazone II
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 130 x 105 x 120 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 41.3 x 47.2 inch
$123,409
Plus un bruit
Deville-Chabrolle
Sculpture - 78 x 40 x 70 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 15.7 x 27.6 inch
$54,973
Ecouter le silence
Deville-Chabrolle
Sculpture - 39 x 28 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 11 x 10.2 inch
$14,360
Danseur
Martine Lingelser-Schmidt
Sculpture - 14 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch
$1,122
Acrobate
Martine Lingelser-Schmidt
Sculpture - 30 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,122
Méditerranée
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 5 x 19 x 6 cm Sculpture - 2 x 7.5 x 2.4 inch
$1,683
Claudinette (La Cosmonaute)
Philippe Hiquily
Sculpture - 116 x 118 x 43 cm Sculpture - 45.7 x 46.5 x 16.9 inch
$78,533
La funambule
Philippe Hiquily
Sculpture - 150 x 114 x 81 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 44.9 x 31.9 inch
$78,533
On Southend Beach
Manny Woodard
Sculpture - 65 x 27 x 21 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 10.6 x 8.3 inch
$1,832
Femme aux trois bras
Marie-Madeleine Gautier
Sculpture - 31 x 17 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 6.7 x 3 inch
$2,019
Petite femme enceinte 3
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 12.5 x 9.5 x 7 cm Sculpture - 4.9 x 3.7 x 2.8 inch
$438
Cristal
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 97 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 38.2 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch
$1,627
Woman writing in the sand
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 24 x 32 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 12.6 x 15.7 inch
$6,170
La Grande Valdivienne
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 41.5 x 17.5 x 6 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 6.9 x 2.4 inch
$5,396
Le baiser
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 39 x 22 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 8.7 x 6.3 inch
$4,959 $3,967
De l'amour (big)
Linde Ergo
Sculpture - 168 x 63 x 78 cm Sculpture - 66.1 x 24.8 x 30.7 inch
$26,869
Venus with The Mirror
Nona Gabrielyan
Sculpture - 16 x 9 x 7 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 3.5 x 2.8 inch
$1,010
Le point du jour
Deville-Chabrolle
Sculpture - 50 x 38 x 30 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15 x 11.8 inch
$25,804
Mademoiselle
Martine Lingelser-Schmidt
Sculpture - 36 x 23 x 7 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch
$1,346
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Corps en ligne
Dani Olivier
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,019
Itinérances
Franceleine Debellefontaine
Sculpture - 38 x 14.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5.7 x 3.1 inch
$5,385
Retrato do artista a beira do abismo
Paulo Abreu
Photography - 70 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 22 x 0 inch
$662
Elévation
Frédérique Maillart
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$539
Self-portrait in Tanka
Fuh-mi
Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$785
Les 82 lunes de Saturne
Maï Fougeront
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch
$1,010
Revealed
James Shipton
Fine Art Drawings - 154.9 x 145 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 57.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,179
Nude Sculpture for Sale
In a similar way to animal or abstract sculpture, nude sculpture is a distinct art genre that depicts humans figures unclothed. Nonetheless, traditional nude figures were often partially clothed with cleverly placed drapery with their genitals covered. Nude art does not necessarily translate as a representation of sheer nakedness and a complete absence of clothing but it does need to have a marked interested in portraying the human body.
Although nude art was only recognized by art critics as a genre of its own in the 20th century, it is one of the oldest forms of art known to date. Made in 24000 BCE, the Venus of Willendorf is an early example of nude sculpture. The fact that it is not a realistic representation of the female figure is irrelevant. The exaggerated chest and stomach may allude to a certain feminine beauty ideal or may be interpreted as symbols of fertility.
In Europe and the Middle East, a nude artistic tradition started to develop. Egyptian and Greco-Roman sculptures are certainly some of the most memorable works from this period of art history, many of which can be seen today at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Greek nudes first started to emerge during the 6th century BCE and focused essentially on portraying a certain ideal standard of beauty. Gods, heroes and athletes were all favorite subject choices for sculptors who sometimes depicted them on a monumental scale.
Throughout art history, the nude has been used to symbolize the canons of beauty of a particular period. In contrast to the Venus of Willendorf, the figures represented in Greek marble sculptures are a much more realistic representation of the proportions of the human body. However, they still adhere to rather strict artistic codes about human representation and the notion of the ideal body. The sculptures continued to depict an ideal standard of beauty, albeit one based more closely on true human nature.
The Roman Empire soon developed a taste for nude sculpture and began a long tradition of copying Greek sculptures for mainly decorative purposes. For quite some time after, the rising influence of Christianity brought the development of nude sculpture to a standstill. It wasn't until the Italian Renaissance that nude sculpture became a prestigious art form once again. Artists began to rediscover a form of artistic expression that allowed them to interpret beauty and glorify mankind.
Famous artists such as Bernini, Benvenuto Cellini or Michelangelo often chose mythological or biblical subjects as a pretext to study and explore human anatomy, creating as a result some of the most important masterpieces of Western art.
Their works contributed to the creation of a canon that dominated the artistic scene until the end of the 19th century when a new wave of sculptors announced the advent of modern art, a movement that was no longer interested in representing the model realistically but was more concerned about the expressive meaning of the work. The work of Auguste Rodin and of Alberto Giacometti are notable examples of the break away from realistic neoclassical nude sculpture.
To get a better idea of current trends in nude sculpture, have a look at the works of contemporary artists such as Sylvie Berry, Jean-François Lemaire and Cade.
What are the three main styles of sculpture?
The three main styles of sculpture are architectural, carvings, and reliefs. Carvings are sculptures created by carving into a material, and reliefs are sculptures where the sculpted components are bonded to a backing material.
Why did Renaissance artists use nudity?
Renaissance artists frequently represented the nude body in their work due to influence from the classical sculptures created in ancient Greece. Artists studied in depth from live models, aiming to create realistic, dynamic and mostly idealized representations of the human body.
Who made the first female nude sculpture?
One of the first known examples of a sculpture representing a female nude figure is Aphrodite of Knidos, a sculpture of the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite. The sculpture was made around the 4th century BC by renowned sculptor Praxiteles of Athens.