A exploration of the nude older male in art from Classical sculpture to Baroque painting and beyond.
Monday 30 May 2011
Sunday 8 May 2011
Farnese Hercules(Naples)
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by a certain Glykon, from an original by Lysippos (or one of his circle) that would have been made in the fourth century BC.
Saturday 7 May 2011
Monday 2 May 2011
Sunday 1 May 2011
Picasso revisits mythology as inspiration. Not many artists produce distinct older male nudes throughout the 20th Century. Keith Vaughn paints younger men as does David Hockney perhaps without the references of mythology and the Bible to fall blatantly back on in justification. Marino Marino the Italian sculptor makes use of the imagery of the nude male riding a horse, often falling.
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