Friday 6 August 2010

renaissance bodies

A lot of John Currin's work is vulgar, some of it is ironic while also referencing the old masters. I'm not too interested in the more vulgar paintings he makes, but I like how he has drawn inspiration from the renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the elder when painting the bodies in this painting:


I've always liked to look at how the body has been represented in art through the ages- the old masters really painted a lot of interestingly shaped bodies.

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