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The female nudeWednesday 13 November 2002
The female nude is possibly the most popular subject in the history of art.

Jenni talks to Frances Borzello, author of a new book on the Reclining Nude, and Alison Smith, curator of the Tate exhibition, Exposed: The Victorian Nude. She asks them why the nude has been such an inspiration for artists.
Reclining Nude, Lydia Guibert Ferrara, Frances Borzello, Chronicle Books; ISBN: 0811836657

Manet's Olympia
Velazquez's The Toilet of Venus, The Rokeby Venus


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