History of the Art Model

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the beasts that provided clothing and food mankind relied upon.</div> <bR> <div> Once these basic necessities had been catered for - the artistic skills that had developed over the millennia to glorify the beasts that sustained and protected them slowly were utilised to generate either items to glorify the Gods to whom they looked for protection - or simply to revel in the skills they had developed and produce "Art for Arts sake".</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="246" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#006600 HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> EGYPTIAN TOMB PAINTING <A NAME="painting_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="212c8e40.png" border=0 width="200" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> The complexity and content of the paintings varied enormously but one aspect of painting remained the same around the globe through most civilisations, peoples and cultures - the depiction of the female form.</div> <bR> <div> Although painting, drawing and sculpting the female image has taken on many forms and varieties, artists have always striven to explore the basic form.</div> <bR> <div> Initially this was probably a technical ploy to ensure that the image contained the correct musculature and anatomical detail - clothes being seen as a barrier to the actual basic form.   </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="362" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#006600 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="350"><div> GREEK WALL MOSAIC <A NAME="mosaic"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="21550b10.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> As time progressed the female form in particular was seen more and more in what was evolving over time as a basic artists device.</div> <bR> <div> Used as decoration for on every day objects such as vases, bowls, mugs - or around the home adorning murals or floor mosaics in the grander houses - or as simple images - or pictures in less affluent homes.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="170" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#006600 HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Venus De Milo <A NAME="milo"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 286 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="218a0180.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> The grander domiciles, civic and course religious buildings were increasingly adorned with elaborate paintings, murals and sculptures, - and by the time that the Venus de Milo was produced a greater many of these images were of the female form.</div> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="247" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#006600 HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="235"><div> Rubens <A NAME="rubens"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="21706440.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> It is not known if the great pieces that have survived down the ages from the various civilisations were drawn,  hewn, or produced from live models - or were the combination of various idealised attributes combined in the artists mind to deliver a deity or form to which one should aspire.</div> <bR> <div> Without doubt however, artists and sculptors increasingly used live models to correctly depict the fine detail of musculature and bone structure that lay beneath the outer clothing - and ultimately, under the skin.</div> <bR> <div> In the Civilisations of Greece and Rome, the Artist's Model was an accepted individual in society - and seen as an invaluable adjunct to the Artists basic skills. The images however - and hence by implication were seen as sensual and not sexual. It was not to be until much later that such artistic expressions - and their source (the Model) were seen to be of a sexual nature.  </div> <bR> <div> By the late 16th Century, artists such as Rubens returned to such images from Classical mythology to produce images such as this above. The source of inspiration for this piece was the statue of the <I>Resting Satyr</I> by Praxiteles (Vatican, Rome). The sensuous treatment of the naked bodies and the warm golden-brown colouring, all indicate the influence of the Italian Renaissance - greatly admired by Rubens. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>KEEP RETURNING TO THIS SITE AND PAGE FOR FURTHER </B></div> <div> <B>INFORMATION ON THE HISTORY OF LIFE MODELLING</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#model" TITLE="History of the Art Model"><U><I><B>Return to the Top of the page</B></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Tahoma" ><A HREF="#model" TITLE="History of the Art Model"><U><B> </B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>