London Art Studies

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"Flesh is the reason oil paint was invented" said artist Willem de Kooning. In this series, our lecturers will consider and discuss significant artworks which depict the nude, in turn raising questions regarding the representation of gender, race and beauty.

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Self-Portrait by Alice Neel

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Lucas Cranach the Elder Cupid Complaining to Venus

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"Cupid Complaining to Venus" by Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Diego Velazquez The Rokeby Venus The Toilette of Venus

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"Rokeby Venus" by Diego Velázquez

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Pierre Bonnard Femme assoupie sur un lit, dit aussi L’Indolente (Woman Dozing on a Bed or The Indolent Woman

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"Femme assoupie sur un lit, dit aussi L’Indolente" by Pierre Bonnard

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London Art Studies Rembrandt van Rijn Bathsheba at Her Bath

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"Bathsheba at Her Bath" by Rembrandt van Rijn

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London Art Studies Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Une Grande Odalisque

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"Grande Odalisque" by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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London Art Studies Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Une Grande Odalisque

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"Homme au bain" by Gustave Caillebotte

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Resting Mars by Diego Velázquez

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"Mars Resting" by Diego Velázquez

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London Art Studies Raphael The Three Graces

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"The Three Graces" by Raphael

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London Art Studies Peter Paul Rubens Het Pelsken

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"Het Pelsken" by Peter Paul Rubens

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London Art Studies Kerry James Marshall Untitled Mirror Girl

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"Untitled (Mirror Girl)" by Kerry James Marshall

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London Art Studies Gwen John Nude Girl

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"Nude Girl" by Gwen John

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London Art Studies Kiki Smith Lilith

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"Lilith" by Kiki Smith

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"Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" by Édouard Manet

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"Naked Woman Seated on a Mound" by Rembrandt van Rijn

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"After the Bath" by Edgar Degas

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Venus of Urbino Titian

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"Venus of Urbino" By Titian

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"The Naked Maja" by Francisco Goya

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"Naked Girl" by Lucian Freud

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Lecturers in this series

Image of Ben Street, lecturer and art historian

56 videos

Image of Colin Wiggins, lecturer and art historian

44 videos

Image of Lizzie Perrotte, lecturer and art historian

Lizzie Perrotte

62 videos