Figure Study: The Body in Art
Event Details
September 30, 2017 — January 14, 2018
Location: The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
410 Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Email: ltofanelli@crma.org
Phone: 319 366-7503
410 Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Email: ltofanelli@crma.org
Phone: 319 366-7503
Event Description
Figure Study: The Body in Art
September 30, 2017 – January 14, 2018
Mesopotamian statuettes, the Woman of Willendorf, Egyptian tomb reliefs: some of mankind’s earliest artistic endeavors were human figures. Over the thousands of years that man has been creating art, the human body is by far the most popular subject. This exhibition looks at how artists have used the body in their work – from life-drawing classes and anatomical studies to more formal portraiture and abstraction – and the different types of bodies artists portray. Celebrating diversity in both body type and artistic media, Figure Study illustrates how central the human form has been to world of art.
