Artist Bio: Irving Penn
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his portraiture and fashion photography.
Diversity in Fine Nude Art
Contemporary approaches to nude art are diverse, not only in style but also in the meanings they attempt to convey.
Nude art has remained an essential focus of Western art since the Renaissance. Whether embracing or refashioning classical ideals, artists from the seventeenth century to the present have privileged the nude form and made it an endlessly compelling means of creative expression.
"If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred." - Walt Whitman I Sing the Body Electric
