Human figures Depicted in Art

From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was the ce...

Few devotees of the form can approach Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijns radical contributions to self-portraiture. Challenging the conventions enshri...

'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates an...

Largely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (19091992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurativ...

Nothing excited early modern anatomists more than touching a beating heart. In his 1543 treatise, Andreas Vesalius boasts that he was able to feel ...

What does it mean to be nude? What does the nude do? In a series of constantly surprising reflections, Jean-Luc Nancy and Federico Ferrari encounte...

A groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manets family to his artAll families are complicated, but the family of Édouar...

Migrating the Black Body explores how visual mediafrom painting to photography, from global independent cinema to Hollywood movies, from posters an...

A pacy legal thriller, packed with a colourful cast of characters TelegraphLong-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of...