Artists have, since the beginning of artistic history, portrayed the female nude in their work. Here is a collection of fine art nudes created by artists you may find both familiar and unfamiliar, but who are sure to delight in either case. Art can reveal not only the naked body of a woman, but the times she lives in, allowing us to take a trip into our past and find that it is not so different from today. Herein lies fifty-four examples of the beauty of the female form as seen through the eyes of great artists.