Victorian Nude, The

Synopsis: Filmed at Tate Britain, curator Alison Smith explores the contradictions of Victorian attitudes to the nude. She considers the aspirations of artists who sought to create a specifically English idea of the nude, the differences between paintings for public display and private enjoyment, the spectacular "sensation nudes" of the later Victorian years, and the new ways of depicting the naked human form that emerged around 1900. She also considers the provocative questions they raise about desire and images of the body.

Central to Alison Smith’s discussion are considerations of important individual works by William Etty, William Blake Richmond, Annie Swynnerton, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, Frederic Leighton, John Henry Tuke and William Orpen.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2002
Year of production: 2002
Documentation: Related book - Exposed: The Victorian Nude by Alison Smith
Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1 85437 372 2
Subjects: Art
Keywords: history of art; nudes in art

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