Where would art be without the female bust to liven it up? We survey busts in art, dressed and undressed, in works by Ingres, Matisse, Liotard, and Michelangelo. We see the beautiful and the weird. Have a listen — and look up the art if you like, with these handy links.
INGRES:
Madame Aymon, 1806
https://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_75041/Jean-Auguste-Dominique-Ingres/Madame-Aymon%2C-known-as-La-Belle-Z%E9lie
BOUCHER:
François Boucher’s Odalisque, c. 1745
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/eros/art/eros-lodalisque-francois-boucher
MATISSE:
Henri Matisse, Odalisque, Harmony in Red, 1926-27:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/489997
Matisse, Odalisque in Red Trousers, 1921:
https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/odalisque-in-red-trousers-1921
Matisse, Odalisque with Red Culottes, 1921:
https://www.sartle.com/artwork/odalisque-with-red-culottes-henri-matisse
Matisse, Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised, Green Striped Chair, 1923.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46642.html
LIOTARD:
Jean-Étienne Liotard, The Chocolate Girl, 1744:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-chocolate-girl/CwHMb7Dvgi2ZaA?hl=en
Liotard, Apollo and Daphne, 1736:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Jean-%C3%89tienne_Liotard_-_Apollo_en_Daphne%2C_naar_het_beeld_van_Gianlorenzo_Bernini_in_de_Borghese_verzameling_te_Rome.jpg
RUBENS:
Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Adonis, c. 1630s:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437535
MICHELANGELO:
Selene, or Night sculpture (c. 1520-1534):
https://www.michelangelo.org/night.jsp