The living model, the naked body of a woman, is the privileged seat of feeling, but also of questioning… The model must mark you, awaken in you an emotion which you seek in turn to express.
from Renoir, My Father (1962), by Jean Renoir
Emile Baes, Painter’s Model, 1913
surrealappeal:
Eva Gonzales, Le Chignon, ca. 1870.
surrealappeal
“Portrait of a Lady” (detail), William Merritt Chase.
an-itinerant-poet:
Vito Acconci, Untitled Project for Pier, 1971. For a month, Vito Acconci went each night between 1 and 2 am to the edge of...
Vito Acconci, Untitled Project for Pier, 1971.
For a month, Vito Acconci went each night between 1 and 2 am to the edge of...
willigula:
Death Comes As a Friend by J. Jungtow, 1851