What is so interesting about female nudes? The female body has been an object of desire since the beginning of the time. Artists preoccupied themselves with it. That is the role females have taken in art, as an object of sexual desire and beauty. Often it's through a male gaze. It is because males get turned on by the naked female body that women end up being documented in art history. Let's see the different ways women are objectified by men. How does that differ from the self seeing the self as the subject?
It's a artsy collection of black-and-white 1930s female nudes. Some are French postcards and others are female nude studies featuring the rear view. It is a celebration of the beauty of the female nude that has captivated many artists and photographers across cultures and throughout history. The photographs are evocative and provoking. They reveal the changing standard of female beauty. The positions of the models illustrate an appreciation of composition and aesthetics.
