Art, Nudity, and Loneliness

Exploring concepts of loneliness as vulnerability and strength through the single nude work of art

Hashiguchi, detail, credits with full image below

Art, my heart, company for the lonely hand of the painter and the eyes of a solitary viewer. When I last wrote about art and loneliness, I didn’t think about nudity. The way we explore and study the naked body in art, often alone, much like a newfound…