artist model

Sits for portraits

An artist model poses for painters, sculptors, photographers, or drawing classes, holding positions while artists capture their form.

The work often involves nudity, particularly in academic figure drawing: She worked as an artist model to pay for art school.

Also called an art model or life model.

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  • museThink deeply about
  • poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
  • studioCreative professional's workspace
  • art classInstruction in visual creativity
  • nudeUnclothed state

reclining nude · figure · figure study · sketch · canvas · sitting · holding still · portrait · life drawing · easel · drape · body · human form · form · silhouette · subject · session · still

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role in art creation

artist modelartist

Maker of creative works

painter · sculptor · illustrator · photographer · portraitist

visibility/representation

artist modelviewer

One who observes visually

observer · spectator · audience · art critic · beholder

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