<p>Jill Burke, Professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at The University of Edinburgh, discusses her extensive research on the development of the nude in the Italian Renaissance from both an art-historical and a socio-cultural perspective. Find out about how many artists of the time found men more beautiful and proportional to model for them than women and how that affected the art we admire today. The conversation also examines changing beauty standards for women during the Renaissance related to the newly fashionable statues from Antiquity. This video podcast is illustrated with many images to highlight the wide range of artworks under discussion.</p><p>Host: author and filmmaker Howard Burton.</p><p><br /></p><p>* For essays about art by Howard Burton, visit our Exploring Art History blog: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/.</p><p>Website: https://ideasroadshow.com/</p><p><br /></p><p>The music in this podcast is licensed from Artlist.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>