Wednesday, February 24, 2010

the shock of a nude


Olympia (1863) by Edouard Manet

"When other artists correct nature by painting Venus they lie. Manet asked himself why he should lie. Why not tell the truth?"-Emile Zola on Manet's Olympia


La maja desnuda (circa 1797–1800) by Francisco de Goya


Venus of Urbino (1538) by Titian


Sleeping Venus (c. 1510), also known as the Dresden Venus by Giorgione

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