"Nude Girl on Panther Skin" Painting: Formalist Analysis
Angelo Izzo Mr. Taylor Period 1- Art History Formalist Criticism: Nude Girl on a Panther Skin ?Nude Girl on a Panther Skin? was painted by Felix Trutat. It was painted in the year 1844. The painting depicts a nude, young woman in a dark room. She lays upon the skin of a spotted panther. Beside her is a staff with a large pine cone at the tip, and what appears to be a vine, or a whip of some sort.