How do we know WHO is beautiful?

Was man created in God’s image or the other way around?

Otherworldly Figures Gods and Goddesses

Venus of Willendorf, 30,000 – 25,000 BCE

Ishtar – Syrian Goddess of Love

Ancient Greek, Venus de Milo,

Ancient Greek, Posedin

Ancient Greek - Eros

Tlazoltetol – Aztec Goddess of Love

Xochipilli – Aztec God of Love

What can we infer about what was important to the people who made these two sculptures?

Titian, Venus de Urbino,

William Bouguereau, A Young Girl Defending Herself Against Eros, 1880

Jean Ingres, Jupiter and Thetis, 1811

Freya – Norse Goddess

Radha and Krishna

Indian Goddess

M. F. Hussain, Bharatmata

How can portrayal of the human form express human emotion?

The East

Japan

Japanese painting

Shin Hanga - Japanese print – Artist Unknown, early 20 th century

Goyo Hatschiguchi, Woman after Bath, 1920

Artist Unknown, Japanese Print, 1921

China

Ming Dynasty – Four Beauties

Yue Minjun

Yue Minjun, Sun, 2000

India

India – Couple from Temple at Karle

M. F. Hussain, Bharatmata, 2006

Dhruva Mistry, Walking Man, 1981

Dhruva Mistry, Reclining Figure, 1983

Navjot Altaf, Untitled Blue Woman, 2000

Pre-Columbian American

Pre-Columbian figure from Veracruz, Mexico,

Pre-Columbian Sculpture from South America

Africa

Burkino-Faso

Gabon

Zaire/Congo

Nigerian

The West

King Mycerinus, Ancient Egypt, 2520 BCE

Greek Kourous

Roman copy of a Greek Discus Thrower

The Doom, St. Peter’s Church, Suffolk

Lochner, scenes from Hell, 1435

Verrechio, David, 1447Donatello, David, 1440Michelangelo, David, 1504

Bottecelli, The Birth of Venus, 1482

Titian, Venus de Urbino, 1538

Peter Paul Rubens, Venus at the Mirror, 1615

Peter Paul Rubens, The Three Graces, 1638

William Blake, Europe Supported By Africa and America, 1796

Jean Ingres, Jupiter and Thetis, 1811

Eugene Delacroix, Louis D’Orleans Showing his Mistress, 1826

Eugene Delacroix, The Death of Sardanapalus,1828

Adolfe Bougereau, Birth of Venus, 1879

Gustave Courbet, The Painter’s Studio, 1855

Edward Manet, Luncheon on the Grass, 1863

Eduard Manet, Olympia, 1863

Auguste Rodin, The Age of Bronze, 1877

Auguste Rodin, The Kiss,

Auguste Renior, Bather

Auguste Renior, Seated Bather, 1885

Paul Cezanne, Bathers, 1881

Paul Cezanne, Grandes Baigneuses, 1905

Henri Matisse, Blue Nude, 1907

Henri Matisse, Blue Nude, 1952

Pablo Picaaso, Two Youths, 1906

Pablo Picasso, Les Madmoiselles d’Avignon 1908

Pablo Picasso, Nude, 1909

Marcel Duchamp,Nude Descending a Staircase,

Rene Magritte,

Willem DeKooning, Seated Woman, 1950

Willem DeKooning, Woman I, 1950

Yves Klein, Blue Venus,

Nikki de St. Phalle, Black Venus,

Lucien Freud, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

Lucien Freud,Naked Girl Asleep,

Alice Neel, Pregnant Woman, 1971

Alice Neel, Jophn Perricault, 1972

Alice Neel, Self Portrait, 1980

Roy Lichtenstein, Nude with Abstract Painting, 1994

Mel Ramos, Velveeta, 1965

Mel Ramos, Olympia, 1972

Jenny Saville,, Strategy (South Face, Front Face, North Face), 1996

Jenny Saville,

Cindy Sherman

Eric Fischl, The Old Man’s Boat and the Old Man’s Dog, 1981

Eric Fischl, Master Bedroom, 1983

Figure drawing is arguably the most difficult subject an artist commonly encounters, and entire classes are dedicated to the subject. - wikipedia

The Guerilla Girls, 1989

Adolfe Bougereau, Birth of Venus, 1879 Excerpt from “The Birth of Venus II,” by Seamus Ryan Are these two images art or pornography?

How do these images comment on the portrayal of women in art?

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