Friday, September 12, 2008

The Friday Evening Nudes

Paul Cadmus
Colored Pencil On Paper
1983

Phillip Pearlstein
Two Models On A Kilim Rug
1966



Delacroix
Male Academy Figure

John Constable
Seated Nude Male Figure

Michelangelo
Eve
Fresco (detail)
Vatican, Rome

4 comments:

  1. ok- i want to know how michaelangelo got away with that one :) in the vatican :) plus, eve is a bit masculine ;)

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  2. I'm Eve, I'm thinkin' "Ewww, get that thing away from my face, dammit!"

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  3. i love the 1st one. love it!


    the pope made him put some drapery on some of the bolder nudes. he was pissed.


    most all of his females looked like body builders.

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  4. I think it may go without saying that my favorite is the Delacroix...

    :-)

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