The hidden meanings in a 16th-Century female nude
How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the artist's genius. It's part of an exhibition, Drawing the Italian Renaissance – at The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace – of drawings from 1450 to 1600, the biggest of its kind ever shown in the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241119-the-hidden-meanings-in-a-16th-century-female-nude

• The hidden meanings in a 16th-Century female nude

  How a rarely-seen drawing of the Three Graces by Raphael reveals the era's ideas about nudity, modesty, shame – and the artist's genius.

  https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241119-the-hidden-meanings-in-a-16th-century-female-nude