Fine Art Classical
Photography in dialogue with the life drawing and sculpture tradition. The body as timeless form.
Historical Context
Photography inherited the nude from painting and sculpture. Photographers working in this tradition use the figure to explore the same questions of form, beauty, and the ideal that occupied artists from ancient Greece through the Renaissance.
Defining Characteristics
- Reference to painting and sculpture
- Idealized or considered composition
- Timeless quality
- Form over narrative
- Art historical awareness
Reference Artists
- Edward Weston
- Imogen Cunningham
- Ruth Bernhard
- John Swannell
Works in this style
The Weight of Grief
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy
The Immaculate Conception
La Baigneuse
The Bather at Rest
The Bather in Marble Stillness
Madonna and Child with Angel (after Botticelli)
Aphrodite, Enduring
Samson and the Lion
Sculpture Studio, September 1919
The Weight of Marble and Myth