Family Gallery Guide

Undressing the Nude

Activity

Each of these paintings/sculptures represents a larger theme, or idea, rather than “nudity.”

Can you guess the subject for each artw

ork? Draw

a line to match the painting or sculpture

to its theme.

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Paul Manship,

Danae

1920

William

Adolphe Bouguereau,

Return of Sping (Le Printemps)

1886

Auguste Rodin,

Eve1881

Artist U

nknown,

David w

ith the Head of G

oliath1575-1642

(No need to be embrassed!)

Begin your exploration of Undressing the Nude...Travel to the main level of the Memorial Building and look for Gallery 2. If you need help, a Museum officer will be happy to direct you!

BALCONY LEVEL

Scott GalleryGallery 2

Hitchcock Gallery

Gallery 3Gallery 1

Kiewit GalleryGallery 4

Drew GalleryGallery 5

Lauritzen GalleryGallery 9

Gallery 10Durham GalleryGallery 7

U.S. Bank/Rismiller Gallery

Gallery 16

KingmanGallery

Gallery 6

MerriamGallery

Gallery 8

Gallery 17

Omaha World-Herald Gallery Gallery 14

Gallery 15

Swanson Gallery

Gallery 12

Swanson Gallery

Gallery 11

Yanney GalleryGallery 13

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

17TH-19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN19TH CENTURY/IMPRESSIONISM

MEDIEVAL &RENAISSANCE

ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Garden Gallery I

Willis A. Strauss Family Gallery

Garden Gallery II

Garden Gallery III

Garden Gallery IV

Robert B. DaughertyFoundation

Entry Plaza

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Re�ecting Pool

WitherspoonConcert Hall

ConcertHall

Foyer

Storz Fountain Court

Wiesman Promenade

Strauss BridgeConAgra Foods Atrium

Café Durham

CooperFoundationClassroom

Riley Family Gallery

MastersonClassroom

HitchcockMuseum

Shop

AbbottLecture Hall

DurhamCenter forWesternStudies

ConAgra FoodsAtrium

ATRIUM ENTRANCE

EastFoyer

MAINENTRANCE

Founder’sRoom

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Mind’s Eye Gallery

Dodge Street

24th

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ScottEdTechGallery

OmahaSteaks

ConferenceRoom

Evelyn A. Veach Atrium Garden

Charles and Mary Heider

Mind’s Eye Gallery

AMERICAN ART

Teacher Resource Center

MAIN LEVEL

ATRIUM, LOWER LEVEL AND SCULPTURE GARDEN

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Scott GalleryGallery 2

Hitchcock Gallery

Gallery 3Gallery 1

Kiewit GalleryGallery 4

Drew GalleryGallery 5

Lauritzen GalleryGallery 9

Gallery 10Durham GalleryGallery 7

U.S. Bank/Rismiller Gallery

Gallery 16

KingmanGallery

Gallery 6

MerriamGallery

Gallery 8

Gallery 17

Omaha World-Herald Gallery Gallery 14

Gallery 15

Swanson Gallery

Gallery 12

Swanson Gallery

Gallery 11

Yanney GalleryGallery 13

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

17TH-19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN19TH CENTURY/IMPRESSIONISM

MEDIEVAL &RENAISSANCE

ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST

Garden Gallery I

Willis A. Strauss Family Gallery

Garden Gallery II

Garden Gallery III

Garden Gallery IV

Robert B. DaughertyFoundation

Entry Plaza

Gard

en D

rive

Sydn

ey C

ate

Fam

ily F

ount

ain

Wal

l in

hono

r of B

etty

G. C

ate

Re�ecting Pool

WitherspoonConcert Hall

ConcertHall

Foyer

Storz Fountain Court

Wiesman Promenade

Strauss BridgeConAgra Foods Atrium

Café Durham

CooperFoundationClassroom

Riley Family Gallery

MastersonClassroom

HitchcockMuseum

Shop

AbbottLecture Hall

DurhamCenter forWesternStudies

ConAgra FoodsAtrium

ATRIUM ENTRANCE

EastFoyer

MAINENTRANCE

Founder’sRoom

SCOT

T PA

VILI

ON

MEM

ORIA

L BU

ILDI

NG

Non-Public Areas

Mind’s Eye Gallery

Dodge Street

24th

Stre

et

ScottEdTechGallery

OmahaSteaks

ConferenceRoom

Evelyn A. Veach Atrium Garden

Charles and Mary Heider

Mind’s Eye Gallery

AMERICAN ART

Teacher Resource Center

Discovery Garden

MAP KEY

INFORMATION

COAT ROOM

LOCKERS

ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

ELEVATOR

RESTROOMS

BABY CARE

MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE

17TH-19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN

19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN

19TH CENTURY IIMPRESSIONISM

AMERICAN ART

MODERN & CONTEMPORARY

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS

MIND’S EYE GALLERIES

GARDEN GALLERIES

Use the star icon to help you locate the paintings

and sculptures mentioned in this gallery guide.

Why Nudity?

In more modern times, artists dared to depict everyday people nude. Critics claimed it was an ugly view of modern life.

From Renaissance to Neoclassical times, nude subjects, male and female, were strictly limited to religious figures, as a sign of reverence, and mythological figures, as symbols of history. A detailed, precise rendering of a nude was seen as thehighest, and most difficult, form of art.

Nudity in art has its origins as early as ancient Greece, when artists depicted males as idealized nudes to assert their health, strength, and grace. For the opposite gender, nudity was considered too scandalous. As a result, females remained clothed.

Recognizing Realistic and Abstract Human Forms

A realistic representation of the human form reflects nature, or real life, and is easily recognizable. An abstraction of the human form suggests real life, but is less recognizable.

See if you can decipher which is which?

The Perfect Proportion

- 8 head lengths high from tip of the skull to the toes.

- The elbow should align with the belly button.

- The wrist should align with the groin area.

- Where the body bends should be at half, or the bottom of the 4th head down.

What makes a realistic painting or sculpture look so real? Proportion is a design principle that artists use to make objects look realistic. Find a painting of a person and see if the figure meets the requirements of perfect proportion.

Did the figure measure up?

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Permanent Collection galleries!

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Attic Black-Figure Neck - AmphoraUnattributed, ca. 500 B.C.

Alfred Leslie, Julie Schwer and Jane Schwer1974-75

William Adolphe Bouguereau, Return of Sping (Le Printemps)1886

Jules Joseph Le Febvre,Chloe1875

Henry Moore, Recumbent Figure1938Tate Gallery, London