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Lehmbruck lived from to in Paris, but ultimately returned to his native country, where he died an untimely death. The young generation of sculptors strove to forget Rodin by returning to the simplified, solid and measured volumes of antique statuary. This Bathing Woman evokes the classicism of the Greco-Roman Venus Pudica, a figure portrayed modestly covering her nudity. By opting pragmatically for this material—less expensive than marble or bronze, but more solid than plaster or terra cotta—they were able to produce low-cost editions in a distinctly modern manner. Rineke Dijkstra, , Chromogenic print, Solomon R.

The alliance of women and water begins in antiquity with Venus springing from the sea. Art and cinema have produced countless images of this scene. Diana, the huntress, is the first important figure of a nude woman bathing. Nudity has both a natural and dramatic necessity.

For many Westerners, though, the fact that these traditions involve being naked with strangers is awkward at best, even though men and women bathe separately. I suggested a different town that had an attraction I wanted to see, and thought I was off the hook. I should have done my research better: That town was famous for its onsen as well.