![]() Sebastian, who miraculously survived being shot with arrows. A popular motif was Christian martyrs, whose vulnerable bodies were placed in the foreground, often naked except for a loincloth.Īround 1500, Dürer made two copper engravings of St. The nude was a motif that could be used to express various subjects, whether mythological, biblical or secular. Another engraving by Albrecht Dürer: 'Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree' (circa 1501) Image: Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen, Kupferstichkabinett Dürer made the woodcut after returning from his first trip to Italy, which inspired him to explore the naked human body in his works. An over 500-year-old exploration of the naked bodyĭürer's woodcut "The Men's Bath," dating from 1496/97, is the oldest work on show at the Kunsthalle Bremen exhibition "The Naked Truth: The Male Nude on Paper." It portrays a group of six scantily clad men playing music and drinking together. 'Sleeping Athlete' by Max Beckmann (1946) is on show at the exhibition 'The Naked Truth: The Male Nude on Paper' Image: Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen, KupferstichkabinettĪt the time of the discovery, even though the Catholic Church associated nudity with shame and punishment due to Adam and Eve's expulsion from paradise, Pope Julius II acquired the sculpture and placed it on public display in the new Belvedere Garden at the Vatican, now part of the Vatican Museums.Īt that same period, Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo and Albrecht Dürer also focused on the nude. ![]() It is believed to have been created by the sculptor trio Athanodoros, Hagesandros and Polydoros of Rhodes. It shows a father and his two sons suffering in agony as they are attacked by giant snakes.Īccording to the Vatican Museums, where the sculpture has been kept since it was found, it was probably made around 40-30 BC. ![]() One of the most famous works is the statue of "Laocoön and His Sons," also called the "Laocoön Group," excavated in Rome in the early 16th century. Greek antiquity abounds with depictions of unclothed male bodies, whether in paintings, cast in bronze or carved in stone. ![]() The male nude is an integral part of art history. ![]()
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