Tag Archives: Nudes

Leonardo’s Measure – The Genitals of Vitruvian Men

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

There seems to have been something of a genital fixation amongst commentators on Vitruvius’  in the 1490s and early 1500s. Vitruvius’ book on architecture was a favourite for many renaissance theorists, and his small passage about human proportion was revisited … Continue reading →

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Pollaiuolo’s Battle of Naked Africans?

Posted on March 12, 2011 by

This week has been concerned a strange, but fun, mixture of finalising our renaissance make up recipes for the Making Up the Renaissance study day (finding red sandalwood, allum and vinegar to make lipstick and blusher, for example), and avid … Continue reading →

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Men with Breasts (Or Why are Michelangelo’s Women so Muscular?) Part 1

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

When I give a talk, or run a class that includes work by Michelangelo, generally at some point someone will suggest that Michelangelo’s female figures look like “men with breasts”. I have to admit, that I sometimes deliberately task students … Continue reading →

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