The document discusses the human body from various perspectives including as a work of art, tool for expression, and subject of artistic representation. It provides examples of body art from different cultures and time periods ranging from Maori tattoos to sculptures by Michelangelo and Moore. The body has been depicted in artistic works serving various purposes such as celebration, ritual, protest, and aesthetic form.

1. The Body

2. The Body is many things.

3. The Body In & As Art Ngere Girl Prepared for a Festival Africa Late 20th century

5. Tomika Te Mutu of Coromandel New Zealand (Maori) 19 th century

7. Inking Pot Feeding Funnel

8. Self-Portrait wit Liu Bolin 19

9. Self-Portra Liu Bolin 19 Self-Portrait with Liu Bolin 19

10. Borneo

14. Olmec Head Mexico (Pre-Columbian) 900 BCE Mayan Shaman

15. Humans are extremely perceptive.

16. Fanny Chuck Close 1985

17. Untitled Image from Faces Nancy Burson (1992)

18. Self-Portraits Self-Portrait with Necklace Frida Kahlo 1933

19. The Bus Frida Kahlo (1929)

20. Broken Column Frida Kahlo 1944

21. Self-Portrait with Monkey & Cat Frida Kahlo 1944

22. Family Group Henry Moore 1944

23. Walking Man 1 Alberto Giacometti 1960

24. Tall Man II Alberto Giacometti 1960 Reclining Figure (Alberto Giacometti) 1960

25. Greeks Doryphoros Polykleitos 450 BCE

26. Cannon: Contrapposto:

27. Male Torso (Ancient Figure) Africa 19 th century Cannon Contrapposto

28. The Last Judgment France (1130) Medieval Times

30. David Michelangelo 1504

31. Body as a Tool Fanny Chuck Close 1985

32. Lucifer Jackson Pollock (1947)

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