The Half-Length Bather
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
The Half-Length Bather (French: La Baigneuse à mi-corps) is an 1807 painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It is now in the Musée Bonnat in Bayonne.
It is one of his first female nudes. It is notable for the contrast between the realism in the depiction of the turban with the abstract treatment of the woman's back.
It was one of his Ingres's first female nudes. It is in the Musée Léon-Bonnat.
[edit]
See also
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "The Half-Length Bather" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
