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P Classp1leading Art Historian Tim Marlow Presents A Fourpart Series Exploring The Nude In Art This Comprehensive And Illuminating Series Charts The Portrayal Of The Naked Body Throughout History From Classical Times Through The Renaissance And The Enlightenment To The Modern Erap

Documentary · 2020 · 23 min

EPISODE 1

The Classical

Tim Marlows Main Focus Is The Ancient Classical World He Explores How And Why The Naked Body Was First Depicted And Goes On To Show How The Lsquovenus De Milo And The Lsquovenus Of Willendorf Fit Into The Context Of Social And Art History

23 min · Nov 10, 2020
EPISODE 2

The Renaissance

Marlow Travels To England France And Italy On A Lively Visual Journey Illustrating How The Christian Idea Of Nudity Associated With Sin Was Replaced With Ideas Of Nudity Being Associated With Beauty And Sensuality Included Are Botticellis Lsquobirth Of Venus Michelangelos Lsquodavid And Giottos Lsquothe Last Judgement

23 min · Oct 27, 2021
EPISODE 3

The Modern

Marlow explores examples of the nude in the Modern period: Manet’s ‘Olympia’, Picasso’s ‘Les Demoiselles D’Avignon’ and Bacon’s ‘Triptych’. Marlow explains how the 20th century changed perspective on the nude in art as emotional truth overcame physical realism. With the advent of photography and film, nothing seemed beyond the artists’ interest or capabilities.

23 min · Nov 10, 2020
EPISODE 4

The Enlightenment

Tim Marlow Looks At How The Image Of A Naked Body Was Used For A Variety Of Purposes During This Period Ndash To Shock To Coerce To Titillate To Impress And To Instruct Examples Are Rembrandts Lsquothe Anatomy Lesson Ingres Lsquothe Turkish Bath And Rodins Lsquothe Age Of Bronze

23 min · Nov 10, 2020