Allison Boon Art History 10F Elizabeth Towers 12/07/99 Third Essay: Topic #1 The depiction of the nude female model by a male artist in oil painting has played a significant role in the western tradition over the last 500 years. The oil painting of the female nude is subject to the artist’s interpretation of her form. She is affected by the artist’s desire for his model, as well as his art and she is torn between …showed first 75 words of 1124 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1124 total…the artist and his work, but this task seems fleeting: How can one artist represent the situation of every painter? Because this feat is impossible, we arrive at a variety of works that all try to express the same topic, but end up drastically different. What is true to all of the representations of the female nude by the male painter is that she is always subject to the desire and love of her creator.