the full-figured woman: a visual history
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Visual history of the full figured woman throughout art and popular culture from prehistory to the 21st century. First draft; work in progress.TRANSCRIPT
The Full Figured Woman:A Visual History
Venus of Dolni Vestonice, 29,000 BCE
Venus of Willendorf 28,000 BCE
Venus of Lespugue24,000 BCE
Venus of Laussel25,000 BCE
Venus of Moravany22,000 BCE
Crouching Aphrodite(Roman copy, 3rd cent.)
Pompeii Wall Muralsc. 79 AD
Giorgione (1477-1510)Pastoral Concert c.1509
Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547) The Death of Adonis c.1511-12
Palma Vecchio (1480–1528) Jupiter in the Shape of Diana Appears
Before Callisto
Titian Venus and an Organist and Little Dog c.1550
Titian Venus and the Lute Player c.1565–70
Paolo VeroneseActeon and Diana with Nymphs
c. 1562–65
Ippolito Scarsellino (1550–1620) Diana and Acteon
Palma Giovane Mars and Venus c.1585–90
Peter Paul RubensVenus Wounded by a Thorn c. 1608-1610
Peter Paul RubensVenus at a Mirror c. 1615
Peter Paul RubensCimone and Efigenia c. 1617
Jacob Jordaens The Daughters of Cecrops Finding the Child Erichtonius c. 1617
Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1656)Lucretia c. 1621
Peter Paul Rubensdetail from The Disembarkation at Marseille
c. 1622-1625
Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1656)Cleopatra c. 1630
Peter Paul RubensThree Graces c. 1635
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Danaë 1636
Cornelis de Vos (c.1584–1651) detail from The Birth of Venus 1636
Peter Paul RubensDiana and Callisto c. 1639
Jacob Jordaensdetail from Diana and Actaeon c. 1640
Il Padovanino (1588–1648) Venus with Cupids
Simon Vouet (1590-1649)Danae c. 1640s
Bernardo Strozzi The Viola da Gamba
Player (portrait of Barbara Strozzi) c.
1630-1640
Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1608–1667) Woman with a Basket of Fruit c. 1642
Jacob Jordaens King Candaules of Lydia Showing His Wife to Gyges 1646
Jacob Jordaensdetails from The Abundance of the Earth c.1649
Cesar van Everdingen The Rape of
Europa c. 1650
RembrandtBathsheba at Her Bath c. 1654
Johann Carl Loth (1632–1698) Eve Tempting Adam c. 1655–1698
Pietro Liberi (1605–1687) Diana and Callisto
Luca Giordano Diana and Niobe 1675–79
Domenico Viani (1668–1711) Venus with Two Cupids
Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) Allegory of Painting c. 1708
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741) Bathsheba at Her Toilet c. 1708-1711
Charlier JacquesDiana and Nymphs c. 1720
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venus with a Mirror c. 1725
Pierre-Antoine Quillard (1701–1730) The Four Seasons: Summer c.1725–29
François BoucherHercules and Omphale c. 1735
François Boucher Head of a Young Girl
c. 1740-1750
François BoucherOdalisque c. 1745
Jean-Baptiste GreuzeIndolence c. 1756-1757
François BoucherPan and Syrinx c. 1759
Francisco GoyaDoña Isabel Cobos de Porcel c. 1805
Eugene Delacroixdetails from Death of Sardanapalus c. 1827
William Etty (1787-1849)Nude Woman Asleep c. 1828-30
William EttyFemale Nude With a Cast of
Venus de Medici c.1835-37
William Ettydetail from The Coral Finder Venus and her
Youthful Satellites c. 1828-1848
Gustave Courbetdetail from Lot and his Daughters 1844
Gustave Courbet detail from The Bathers c. 1853
Gustave CourbetFemale Nude with a Dog c. 1861
Jean-Auguste Dominque IngresTurkish Bath c. 1862
Jean-Auguste Dominque Ingresstudy for Turkish Bath (Woman with three arms)
Anders Zorn (1860-1920)
Anders Zorndetail from
Women Bathing in the Sauna
c.1906
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Paul Cezannedetail from Pastoral Idyll 1870
Leda and the Swan 1882
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
Lysistrata c. 1896
Lillian Russell (1860-1922)American actress
Pablo PicassoDutch Girl c.1905
Walter SickertThe Dutch c.1906
Frantisek Kupkadetail from Autumn Sun, Three Goddesses c.1906
Franz MarcNude with Cat c.1910
Marcel DuchampBaptism c.1911
Boris Kustodiev Beauty c.1915
Ilya MashkovNude c.1918
David BurliukIn the Bathouse c.1910s
Felix VallottonSquatted Woman Offering
Milk to a Cat c.1919
Felix VallottonWoman with Red Shawl c.1920
Tamara de LempickaNu assis c. 1923
Moise KislingKiki de Montparnasse c. 1920s
Gaston LachaiseWoman (Biggest Little Woman in the World)
c. 1920s
Max BeckmannMotherhood c. 1920s
Gaston LachaiseAcrobat c.1926
Ilya MashkovOn the Beach c.1926
Otto Dixdetail from Three Wenches c.1926
Otto Dixdetail from Salon c.1927
Pyotr KonchalovskyModel with Red Hair by the Mirror c.1928
Seated Nude c.1918
Unknown
Unknown
Gaston LachaiseStanding Woman c.1932
Giorgio de ChiricoNude Woman on the Beach c.1932
Pablo PicassoReclining Nude c.1932
Duane BryersHilda c. 1950s
Duane BryersHilda c. 1950s
1950s Postcard[Negative portrayal of the full-figure]
Frank Frazetta fl. 1950s-1970s
Fernando BoteroTribute to Bonnard
c.1972
Joel Peter-WitkinCourbet in Rejlander's Pool, New Mexico c. 1985
Ernst Fuchs c. 1988
Fernando BoteroStatues in Madrid c. 1994
Jan Saudekfl. 1990s
Jan Saudekfl. 1990s
Laurie Toby Edison Photographs from Women en Large
c. 1994
Odd NerdrumWoman c. 1995
Lucian FreudWoman Sleeping c. 1995
Lucian FreudBenefits Supervisor Resting (Sue Tilley) c. 1995
Jeanne Lorioz (b. 1954)
Jeanne Lorioz (b. 1954)
Herlinde Koeblfrom Starke Frauen c.1996
Kim Hunter Modesty Robust
c. 1996
Unknown c. 2004
Unknown c. 2004
Unknown (Matuse?) c. 2005
Leonard Nimoy“Three Graces” from Full Body Project c. 2007
Julia Fullerton-Battenfrom Unadorned series 2012
Xu Hongfei c. 2010
Unknown
Adam Schultz
Karen Portaleo
Pamela MummyPhantom Phrolic c. 2008-2011 A Generous Thought
c. 2008-2011
Unknown
Jennifer Fox
Unknown
Chris MaherFull Figured Nude c. 2011
Chris MaherFull Figured Nude c. 2011
Unknown
Joanne ClaxtonMasked Female Nude c. 2011
Chuck MillerSeated Nude c. 2011
Laura CulhamVoluptuous Nude c. 2012
Rayven Collins
Two Nude Ladies
Seated Goddess
Rayven Collins
Layers
Baby Got Back
Yossi LoloiFull Beauty Project c. 2013
Katie FinleyLady in the Striped Garters c. 2013
Juliya ZhukovaSeraphima c. 2014
Body Image Then
Body Image Now
Rayven Collins Define Perfect
Rear View of the Female from Albrecht Durer’s Notes
c. 1528