Prior to the advent of the nude as an artistic subject in its own right, images of women bathing and dressing required justification, and were therefore essentially illustrations of myths or fables.

Goya's paintings range from bright and cheerful scenes depicting the everyday lives of the Spanish to strange, sinister, and disturbing works—the "black paintings" of his last period. Between the...

Painted and sculpted images of sleeping women have always nourished the visual curiosity of artists and viewers alike. Obliviously exposing body and soul on the painted surface, these erotic heroines...

The theme of death has always haunted painters, sculptors, and photographers. Throughout art history, images of death have both intrigued and inspired, playing a decisive role in the evolution of...

Ingres was the leader of the classical school and a prime advocate of the superiority of drawing. He nonetheless transcended academic rules by daring to deform the female body. He acquired the status...

This film is the portrait of a painter whom Diderot, his contemporary, described as a "magician": Jean Siméon Chardin. This "painter of silences" worked wonders with the reality of everyday life,...