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"Venus with a Mirror" by Titian, 1555.
Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Detail from "The Debarkation of Marie de Medici at Versailles" by Peter Paul Rubens, 1625. Image courtesy of Francesca Myman, from a picture taken in the Louvre. This image is a real stunner. Take a look at the close-up -- the detail is worth notice. I love the two drops of water rolling off the blonde's thigh. Voluptuous and sensual -- and right at eye level when you view the painting.

"Pan and Syrinx," by François Boucher, 1759.
Image courtesy of Artform Gallery.

"The Novel Reader," by Antoine Wiertz, 1853.

Etching after "The Souls of Paulo and Francesca."
By Gustave Doré, 1861.

"Nude" by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1876.
Image courtesy of Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

"Blonde Bather" by Pierre Auguste Renoir, 1881.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Image courtesy of Jim Loy.

"Leila" by Sir Frank Herbert Dicksee, 1892.
Also known as "Passion."

Lovely portrait of a slightly rounded girl who, today, would be considered "not quite perfect" — absurd!
"Nude with Coral Necklace" by August Macke, 1910.

"Caryatid" by Amedeo Modigliani, 1913.

"Nude (Front View)" by Joan Miró, 1917. Image courtesy of University of Michigan Museum of Art.

"Women Running on the Beach" by Picasso, 1922.
Image courtesy of SohoArt.com.

"Seated Nude" by Tamara de Lempicka, 1925.
Image courtesy of SohoArt.com.

"Rafaela" by Tamara de Lempicka, 1925.
Image courtesy of SohoArt.com.

"Tunique Rose" by Tamara de Lempicka, 1925.
Image courtesy of SohoArt.com.

Nude # 70 by Irving Penn, 1949-50.

Nude # 99 by Irving Penn, 1949-50.

Nude # 150 by Irving Penn, 1949-50.

"Nude" by William Carter, 1950.
Image courtesy of Treadway-Toomey Galleries.

By Chinese woman artist Pan Yuliang, probably c. 1950.

"Woman and Willow Frond" by Pan Yuliang, 1964.

"Lady Bathers at Sea Shore" by Pan Yuliang, c. 1950.

"Untitled" by well-known "beauty" photographer Joyce Tenneson, c. 1980s. Courtesy of American Photographer, September 1987. A quote from the article in which this image is featured: "Line and form were primary interests, but 'I was fascinated by the sculptural quality of the subject,' says Tenneson."

Speaking of sculptural quality:
"Sitting Pretty" by ceramicist Esther Shimazu, c. 2006.
Image courtesy of Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Sculpture by Fernando Botero. I'm actually not a huge fan of Botero's famous paintings: to me they seem wooden and unappealing. But his sculptures are a different matter.

"Woman Seated with Fruit" by Fernando Botero, 1996.
I love the shapeliness and grace of this figure. Image courtesy of the Botero Museum.

"The Doorway" by Francisco Zúñiga, 1968.
Image courtesy of Francisco Zúñiga Online.

"Desnudo de Concha" by Francisco Zúñiga, 1947.
Image courtesy of Francisco Zúñiga Online.

"Dance (Red Series)," by Malaysian artist Haris Ribut, 2001.

"Malay Dance (Red)," by Haris Ribut, 2000.

"Sculpture II (2003)" by Haris Ribut.
I love this color! Image courtesy of Artisat.com.

And I couldn't resist juxtaposing Oded Halahmy's "Large and Round" green-patined bronze of 1964 with the above image!
Image courtesy of the Oded Halahmy Foundation.

"Red Nude Series III" by Haris Ribut, c. 2001.
Image courtesy of Artisat.com.

"#135" by Hawaiian artist Madge Tennent, c. 1940 (?).
Image courtesy of Cedar Street Galleries.

"#112" by Madge Tennent, 1941.
Image courtesy of Cedar Street Galleries.

"Water Dance (study)." By remarkable contemporary Hawaiian artist Chris Campbell, c. 2005. Image courtesy of Bethel Street Gallery. Be sure to visit Bethel Street Gallery to see more examples of Campbell's work!

"Water Dance" by Chris Campbell, c. 2005.
Image courtesy of Honolulu Academy of Arts.

"Free Floating (study)" by Chris Campbell, c. 2006.
Image courtesy of Bethel Street Gallery.

"Two Women" by Chris Campbell, c. 2006.
Image courtesy of Bethel Street Gallery.

"After the Bath" by Chris Campbell, 2005.
Image courtesy of Cedar Street Galleries.

"At Rest on Carpet" by Chris Campbell, c. 2006.
Image courtesy of Cedar Street Galleries.

And, because I just cannot resist these water paintings:
one more painting by Chris Campbell.
"Floating Flower," c. 2006.
Image courtesy of Bethel Street Gallery.

On the theme of floating:
"Floating Figure" by sculptor Gaston Lachaise, 1927.

"Large Nude Women with Birds" by contemporary painter Bradley Wind.

Just a wonderful abstract figurative work with a sense of roundness. "Box Yellow Figures (Front)" by Bradley Wind.

By Bradley Wind. Be sure to visit his flickr account for more examples of inventive and strange artwork.