
Human Body
The human form is often the foundation of academic artistic training—but accurately depicting anatomy is no easy feat. Many works show the artist’s admiration for the beauty of the human body. Others try to accurately capture a person in motion.
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Portraits
Portraits represent people, either real or imagined, attempting to capture their appearance or essence. Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones. Others made a living depicting wealthy or important people. And artists like Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh frequently used themselves as models.

Expressionism
German expressionists used art to respond to the cultural and political upheavals of the early 20th century. They were dissatisfied with social conventions and rejected academic standards of beauty. Instead, they embraced bold distortions; angular, simplified forms; and unnatural colors.