The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow
Season 1
If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there have been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This series - presented by writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow - will examine those artworks, the societies that produced them and the artists that made them.
Where to Watch The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow • Season 1
4 Episodes
- The RenaissanceE2
The RenaissanceIn this Episode of The Nude in Art we look at the role that the nude played in the Renaissance. Tim Marlow travels to England, France and Italy as part of 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. Some of the art that Tim visits include Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Michelangelo's David and Giotto's The Last Judgement. - The EnlightenmentE3
The EnlightenmentIn The Enlightenement, Tim Marlow examines works of art such as Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson, Ingre's Turkish Bath and Rodin's The Age of Bronze. All illustrate the many different uses the nake form was now having. For some, it represented virtue, for others, vice. It was used to shock, to coerce, to titillate, to impress, and to instruct. - The ModernE4
The ModernIn The Modern period of art we deal with Manet's Olympia, Picasso's Les Demoiselles D'Avignon, and Bacon's Triptych are among those artworks used to illustrate how the 20th century changed everything. Emotional truth overcame physical realism. With photography and film, nothing seemed beyond the artists' interest or capabilities.