As a teenager living in 2016, I feel as though I have incredible insight into this topic. Adolescents between the ages of 13 and 19 are sometimes referred to as being in the “exploratory age.” There is so much truth to this statement. During these years when teenagers are so called trying to “find themselves,” they dibble and dabble in any and everything. Amongst the mischievous things that they presume to aspire to is sexting.
By definition, sexting is the sending and/or receiving sexually explicit content, whether by text messages or any other social networking site. This includes the sending and/or receiving of nude photographs. Statistics show that sending semi-nude or nude photos is more common among teenage girls than guys with 22% of …show more content…
The first gender to be used in such art were females. Often time voluptuous female body sculptures were used in religious ceremonies as emblems of fertility, therefore having sacred implications. A large majority of the nude sculptures were actually religious idols that were worshiped, mainly the Greek gods. Male nudes first appeared in Greek culture. They were often used to show divine mythological heroism. Most of the first nude male sculptures portrayed finalist of the great Olympic games which were held there (Graves, "Life Study: The Nude in Art - a Brief History"). Nude art was meant to show what the ideal human body (Bain, "Nudity in Art - From a Christian Perspective"). Notice that most of the sculptures, paintings, and drawings showed the human body at its best. The males would be slim, fit, and muscular. The women would be portrayed to be somewhat plumb because it was considered to be healthy for them and so that was the …show more content…
In fact, the only nude art that was allowed was that which depicted religious scenes or events (Graves, "Life Study: The Nude in Art - a Brief History"). A great majority of this period later came to be known as the Renaissance. During this time, many great works of art were created, such as the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel and the sculptured statue of David. Notice how both of these sacred creations are affiliated with religion. However, this phase where only “religious” nude art was permissible didn’t last long and soon the artists regressed back to making the nude art that they had been so accustomed to making
By definition, sexting is the sending and/or receiving sexually explicit content, whether by text messages or any other social networking site. This includes the sending and/or receiving of nude photographs. Statistics show that sending semi-nude or nude photos is more common among teenage girls than guys with 22% of …show more content…
The first gender to be used in such art were females. Often time voluptuous female body sculptures were used in religious ceremonies as emblems of fertility, therefore having sacred implications. A large majority of the nude sculptures were actually religious idols that were worshiped, mainly the Greek gods. Male nudes first appeared in Greek culture. They were often used to show divine mythological heroism. Most of the first nude male sculptures portrayed finalist of the great Olympic games which were held there (Graves, "Life Study: The Nude in Art - a Brief History"). Nude art was meant to show what the ideal human body (Bain, "Nudity in Art - From a Christian Perspective"). Notice that most of the sculptures, paintings, and drawings showed the human body at its best. The males would be slim, fit, and muscular. The women would be portrayed to be somewhat plumb because it was considered to be healthy for them and so that was the …show more content…
In fact, the only nude art that was allowed was that which depicted religious scenes or events (Graves, "Life Study: The Nude in Art - a Brief History"). A great majority of this period later came to be known as the Renaissance. During this time, many great works of art were created, such as the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel and the sculptured statue of David. Notice how both of these sacred creations are affiliated with religion. However, this phase where only “religious” nude art was permissible didn’t last long and soon the artists regressed back to making the nude art that they had been so accustomed to making