How does one learn to draw the human body? The exhibition "Generation 1700" is dedicated to drawing lessons at the Royal Academy in Paris and shows how some of the most significant artists of the French Enlightenment combine their study of anatomy with artistic expression. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the German-French friendship, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart sheds light on an era of profound societal changes, in which drawing itself becomes a medium of enlightenment freedom.

Image: Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, Upper body of a male nude with extended left arm, around 1720/25, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphic Collection, old inventory.