'Nudo Dolente' by Modigliani - 1908

“There was a cult of what has been called ‘negative beauty’ in the early twentieth century.” – Carol Mann about Modigliani, Thames and Hudson publication,1980.

‘Sore Nude’ by Modigliani (81×54 cm) – Richard Nathanson, London

Auguste Rodin "The Burghers of Calais" - 1888

To Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, a friend and sculptor, Rodin writes:

"My liberation from academicism was created by Michelangelo."

Bronze sculpture which portrays a group of six people. It recalls a heroic action of a phase of the ‘Hundred Years War’ in Calais, 1347. Twelve casts were made.