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The smell of marble: Warmth and Sensuality of the Twenty-first Century Classical Bodies

The use of antiquisants bodies in the visual arts often intends to arouse emotions, particularly desire, from the receiver. Ancient statues, updated, are adorned by artists with pheromones and sweat, engendering phantasms. Indeed, the representation of a body combining Antiquity and living flesh undeniably releases warmth and eroticism, especially in advertising and cinema, as well as in the singular universe of contemporary art. The notions of virility, femininity and sexuality are at the center of these constructions, linked to the history of the representation of the ancient body in contemporary culture. However, the approaches are different, depending on whether the body and the smell concerned are male, female or even homosexual.

These representations, strongly influenced by fascism, sports culture, peplums and advertising, will be at the heart of this communication. One of its objectives will be to see how these various elements are reinvested by the artists in order to visually and sensorially spread model(s) of virility and femininity. It will also aim to apprehend the gaze of the artists on the past and the present through the various visual supports mentioned above.