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Scandalous nudes: what's all the fuss about? | Art UK
Aug 12, 2021 · Nude 1927. George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library. It was the first painting in the collection of The Harris in Preston to feature a naked woman. As such, it was controversial, and some Councillors thought it would corrupt the morals of Prestonians. History has not recorded any specific debauchery or low moral ...
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Ten things to know about Albrecht Dürer - Art UK
May 21, 2021 · He was to become the leading figure of the Northern Renaissance, and his incredible art still resonates today. Here are a few facts about Albrecht Dürer. 1. He trained as a goldsmith. He was born the third of 18 children to Albrecht Dürer senior, who was a goldsmith, and Barbara Holper, whose father had employed the elder Albrecht.
The art of dreams: creativity through the unconscious
May 7, 2020 · The boundless capacity shared by the dream and the artistic imagination was vividly summoned in the chimeras of the Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450–1516), in which humans morph with magnified molluscs and galivant beneath palatial vegetable life, as seen in the late fifteenth-century triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.. Though dream depiction was common during the ...
Ten black British artists to celebrate | Art UK
Nov 23, 2016 · While Bowling has distanced his work from questions of race, he has nevertheless been a trailblazer in the British art scene. His work Spreadout Ron Kitaj was the first painting Tate Britain ever bought from a living black artist. In 2005, Bowling became the first black British artist to be elected to the Royal Academy, and in 2008 he received an OBE.
Colour in art: a brief history of blue pigment | Art UK
Sep 23, 2019 · Jumping ahead in time, a blue pigment known as 'ultramarine' (meaning 'beyond the sea') became incredibly popular during the Italian Renaissance. Used widely in Europe from around the twelfth century, ultramarine is one of the most prevalent colours in western art history. The Dead Christ and the Virgin 1330s-40s.
Changing shapes: the art of Metamorphosis | Art UK
Posted 25 Feb 2021, by Helen Cobby. The term 'metamorphosis' is elusive and multi-layered. Biologically it signifies a complete change of physical form, though it also describes a change by supernatural means and can relate to the inner psychological transformations of being and identity. Apollo and Daphne probably 1470-80.