The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow

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

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

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

Marlow explores examples of the nude in the Modern period Manets lsquoOlympia Picassos lsquoLes Demoiselles DAvignon and Bacons lsquoTriptych 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 interests or capabilities