Calling all ye arty types...

[MO!]

I'm looking for information on human form.

Not very specific I know.
Just some general recommendations on galleries, exhibitions, artists etc....

Any medium will do.

Any fav's?

 

[narabdela]

I'm looking for information on human form.

Tasteful nudes?

 

[zygote23]

Robert Maplethorpe

 

[narabdela]

Robert Maplethorpe

If you're into the gay thing.

 

[SteveC]

That would be spelt Mapplethorpe

 

[la toilette]

Grays Anatomy.

Seriously good pics, almost as popular with artists as it is with med students.

 

[greg]

Not sure whether you're talking specifically nudes or the human form in a wider context but here are a few interesting start points...

Some don't lend themselves to photo's/images very well. Especially Auerbach

Leonardo Da Vinci
Frank Auerbach
Willem De Kooning
Rodin
Lucien Freud
Otto Dix
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Stanely Spencer

 

[bottleneck]

Mo, I like the Victoria & Albert in London.

More specifically the sculpture for human form.

It's also the most brilliantly diversified gallery I've ever been to. I love it there.

Next time you're in London...

 

[auric]

Mapplethorpe good but I think Helmut Newton just as good although adding a whisp of clothing could be considered by some to be turning the subjects in to fetish objects.

Helmut Newton [German/Australian Photographer, 1920-2004]