Reclining nude
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| - | [[Image:Venus (Titian).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Venus of Urbino|Venus of Urbino]]'' ([[1538]]) by [[Titian]]]] | + | [[Image:Sleeping Venus (Giorgione).jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Sleeping Venus (Giorgione)|Sleeping Venus]]'' (c. [[1510]], detail) [[Giorgione]]]] |
| + | [[Image:Venus (Titian).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Venus of Urbino|Venus of Urbino]]'' (1538, detail) by [[Titian]]. The frankness of Venus' [[facial expression|expression]] is often noted; she makes direct [[eye contact]] with the [[viewer]]]] | ||
| [[Image:Venus spied upon.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs]]'' (c. [[1627]]) by [[Nicolas Poussin]]]] | [[Image:Venus spied upon.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Venus (or a Nymph) Spied On by Satyrs]]'' (c. [[1627]]) by [[Nicolas Poussin]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Rokeby Venus.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Rokeby Venus]]'' (c. [[1649]]) by [[Diego Velázquez]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:The Great Odalisque by Ingres.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[The Great Odalisque]] ([[1814]]) by [[Ingres]]]] | ||
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| - | :''[[reclining]], [[nude]]'' | + | In the [[visual arts]], the '''reclining nude''' has been an enduring [[motif]] since the [[Renaissance art|Renaissance]]. It is perhaps most famously depicted in ''[[The Venus of Urbino]]'' (1538) and ''[[The Great Odalisque]]'' (1819). However, the first female reclining nude in modern [[European painting]] is [[Giorgione]]'s ''[[The Sleeping Venus]]'', painted in 1510, if one discounts the [[Venus Anadyomene (Pompeii)|Venus Anadyomene of Pompeii]]. It is also one of the first works of art in which the female figure is the only subject of the painting. |
| - | In erotic art, the reclining nude is a very common motif. It is perhaps most famously depicted in ''[[The Venus of Urbino]]'' and ''[[The Great Odalisque]]'' | + | ==Notable examples== |
| + | *''[[Pompeian Venus]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Sleeping Venus]]'' by Giorgione | ||
| + | *''[[The Venus of Urbino]]'' by Titian | ||
| + | * ''[[The Rokeby Venus]]'' by Diego Velázquez | ||
| + | * ''[[La maja desnuda]]'' by Francisco de Goya | ||
| + | * ''[[Femme nue couchée]]'' by Gustave Courbet | ||
| + | * ''[[Olympia (Manet)|Olympia]]'' by Manet | ||
| + | * ''[[Reclining Woman (Egon Schiele)]]'' | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | :''[[reclining]], [[nude]], [[erotic art]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Sleeping nymph]] | ||
| + | *[[Northumberlandia]] | ||
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In the visual arts, the reclining nude has been an enduring motif since the Renaissance. It is perhaps most famously depicted in The Venus of Urbino (1538) and The Great Odalisque (1819). However, the first female reclining nude in modern European painting is Giorgione's The Sleeping Venus, painted in 1510, if one discounts the Venus Anadyomene of Pompeii. It is also one of the first works of art in which the female figure is the only subject of the painting.
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Notable examples
- Pompeian Venus
- The Sleeping Venus by Giorgione
- The Venus of Urbino by Titian
- The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez
- La maja desnuda by Francisco de Goya
- Femme nue couchée by Gustave Courbet
- Olympia by Manet
- Reclining Woman (Egon Schiele)
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