“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them”(Genesis 1:27). The human body is beautiful, no one can disagree. It is beautiful because God created in his own image. Man has a physical body that represents the beauty of God but can also represent the fallen nature of man. Art is often used to portray the human body as beautiful. Many times artists make their figures naked in order to demonstrate the full beauty of the human body. Looking at these naked pieces of art is usually an issue for Christians because they do not know whether it is ethically okay or not. This topic is heavily debated in the mind of Asher in the story of My Name Is Asher Lev. Nudity in art is only permissible if
