1. 1500-1600
Laura, Lauren, David, Alexandra

2.  The Dark Ages fade, and artistic
experimentation blossoms
 “We first have to draw the naked body
beneath, then cover it with clothes.”
-Michelangelo
 Michelangelo’s Cascina Cartoon

4.  Michelangelo stopped short before the end of
design, leaving the process of design visible
 The body is the manifestation of the soul or
state of mind and character.
 The Last Judgement Michelangelo

7.  Greeks studied the male figure as a means of
measuring beauty
 Figure was portrayed with “correctitude”
 Greek statue of Kouros

9.  Real VS Natural
 Antonio del Pollaiuolo- first artistic anatomist
 Dissects cadavers
 Battle of the Nudes

11.  First ideal form was the masculine male form
(the modern day “strongman”)
 Eugen Sandow
 Michelangelo was a big “strongman” user
 The Creation of Adam

14.  Second ideal form was the feminine male
(modern day “rockstar” man)
 David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
 Androgynous, youthful, pretty
 Adam Albrecht Durer

17. The Ressurection of the Flesh Signorelli

18.  Art suggesting homosexuality was illegal at
this time
 Homosexual rebellions arose
 Donatello creates the first life-size David since
the ancient Romans

20.  Giovanni Antonio Bazzi prefers, “Il Sodoma”,
The Sodomite
 His work depicted martyred saints because of
illustrated sensuality and physical suffering of
the male figure

22.  Bathhouse
Albrecht Durer

23.  Michelangelo confesses, in a series of letters,
his homosexual desires
 Suggests his love through drawings of and for
Tommaso Cavalieri

24. Ganymede Michelangelo

25. Tityus Michelangelo

26.  Gender roles became apparent not only in
society, but in art
 Male’s represented strength and power
 Women were portrayed as objects rather than
subjects
 Michelangelo’s David VS Titian’s Venus of
Urbino

29.  Male child nudity was acceptable
 Ancient sculptures (Eros) had influence over
nudity in art
 Male nudity posed as an aspiration for men,
but served for women as a constant reminder
of where they “belonged” in society

32.  Since the 17th Century, societies ideals and
limits have changed quite a bit. How do you
think the image of how the male nude is seen
today has changed compared to during the
Renaissance? Is it accepted more or less? What
about attitudes towards homosexual themes
and undertones? And gender roles? How have
all these things changed since the 17th century?

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