Beautiful, firm buttocks attract attention to their owner (or owner), and are a source of inspiration for poets, sculptors and artists. Special attention to the "rear" of men and women was paid by artists of the Renaissance, as well as sculptors of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
We present you the top 10 most beautiful buttocks in art according to The Guardian experts.
10. Raphael, "The Three Graces"
Where is it located: Conde Museum at Chantilly Castle, France
Italian painter Raphael Santi once said that in order to paint true beauty, he needed to see many different women. And the arrangement of the interconnected nude bodies in The Three Graces comprehensively demonstrates the artist's passion for the female body.
The girls' names are Innocence, Beauty and Love, and the golden apples that each of them holds in her hand symbolize perfection.
9. Damiano Mazza, "The Abduction of Ganymede"
Where is it located: National Gallery, London
The theme of homosexuality was very popular in both satirical literature and Renaissance painting. A striking example of this is the painting "The Abduction of Ganymede".
According to legend, the god Zeus, who was very amorous, kidnapped the beautiful youth Ganymede, taking the form of an eagle. He carried him to Mount Olympus, where Ganymede became the cupbearer of the gods.
Just to make it clear that this is about sex and violence, Mazza focuses on Ganymede's bare buttocks.
8. Diego Velazquez, "Venus with a Mirror"
Where is it located: National Gallery, London
The beautiful naked body of Venus is not all that the artist has depicted. The face of the goddess is visible in the mirror, sad and restless. As if Venus understands that she is not a celestial being, but a model, forced to constantly show her buttocks to museum visitors, and wishing to be somewhere else.
It is curious that “Venus with a Mirror” is the only surviving image of a naked female body by Velazquez.
7. Hieronymus Bosch, "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"
Where is it located: National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon
There are two prominent butts on the left panel of this stunning triptych of demons and perverts besieging the Christian hermit Anthony. The first can be found at the top of the canvas, where a man with bare buttocks is seen on a flying ship.
And in the central part of the painting there is a strange structure in the form of a human figure standing on all fours. A procession of grotesque characters approaches it, which is a mockery of a religious procession. The entrance to the cave, over which a giant butt rises, according to some art historians is the refuge of St. Anthony, and according to others - a brothel.
6. Author unknown, "The Charioteer"
Where is it located: Villa Whitaker Museum, Sicily
This charming statue of a chariot driver is not a nude sculpture, but is dressed in such a tight outfit that it draws the viewer's attention to every feature of the youth's body.
It took a genius sculptor to give this garment such sophistication in stone sculpture. And of course, the Charioteer is one of the best demonstrations of the ancient Greek passion for male bodies in general and buttocks in particular.
5. Donatello, "David"
Where is it located: Bargello Museum, Florence
When the Italian sculptor Donatello created the first free-standing nude statue since antiquity, he went out of his way to make it provocative.
The artist wanted to challenge the Church and its disdain for human beauty. However, he still used clothing – in this case, sandals with greaves and a hat – to highlight David’s physique.
The real shock comes when you walk around David and see the statue's luxurious, smooth buttocks. All art historians note a certain femininity and fragility in the young man's appearance. Perhaps this is intended to emphasize that such a weak man was not able to cope with the giant Goliath without divine intervention.
4. Michelangelo Buonarroti, "David"
Where is it located: Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
Both Michelangelo's contemporaries and descendants had no doubt that his interest in the male nude body was erotic. During his lifetime, the master did not deny his interest in members of his own sex, but insisted that his adoration of male beauty was spiritual.
And in David, this ecstatic monument to youth and courage, he showed the ideal hero. Unlike Donatello's David, Michelangelo's creation is shown not at the moment of triumph, but in a moment of reflection, before the upcoming battle.
3. Titian, “Venus and Adonis”
Where is it located: National Museum of Prado, Madrid
The painting that opens the top 3 list of the most beautiful buttocks in art is one of the canvases painted for Philip II of Spain in the 16th century. At the time, they were considered too revealing and were even curtained in the presence of ladies.
Although Venus embraces her lover and he pulls away, her bottom does not budge. This expresses her despair and determination to hold on to her man, who, as the goddess knows, is in danger of dying while hunting. Adonis himself is adamant, and his gaze, directed at the golden-haired beauty, is cold and calm.
Having created the canonical version of "Venus and Adonis", Titian returned to this subject several more times. However, only the first painting, according to experts from The Guardian, is worthy of being included in the number of masterpieces of art, depicting the most beautiful butts.
2. Francois Boucher, "Louise O'Murphy"
Where is it located: Picture gallery "Alte Pinakothek", Munich
In 18th-century France, Enlightenment philosophers were putting forward new ideas about reason and freedom and debating them in salons (not salons, which are a circle of select people gathered in a private home). The artistic style of this optimistic period was sensual and playful.
The depiction of Louise O'Murphy, a young Irish woman, may be overly bold and not at all philosophical, but it is an eloquent libertarian manifesto.
By the way, Louise O'Murphy, who turned out to be not only a beauty but also a smart woman, was the mistress of Louis XV for a long time, and outlived her lover, ending her life at the venerable age of 77.
1. Leonardo da Vinci, "Standing Male Nude"
Where is it located: Royal Collection, London
This figure is Leonardo's version of male beauty: powerful, stocky, and sporting the best derriere ever drawn. It is so skillfully shaded that when you stand in front of the original drawing, it appears three-dimensional.
We have already written about the most famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, including the drawing of the "Vitruvian Man", with a four-armed and four-legged figure demonstrating ideal human proportions. But the drawing of a standing naked man is even stranger, because the center of gravity of this faceless man is his rounded buttocks.
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