Depictions of nudity

We as the viewers of art begin at the focal point of the painting Naked Maja, a reclined female nude depiction, oil on canvas created before 1800 (MUSEUM PRADO). It scales at 98 x 191 cm 1800 and was painted by artist Francisco de Goya Y Lucientes from Fuendetodos, Zaragoza and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid for public viewing (MUSEUM PRADO). Where the observer's eyes are first drawn when looking upon Naked Maja, is her face, and more distinctly her eye. Mostly due to the tendency of…

Ancient Greece, there was a brief hiatus in the middle ages. The Renaissance reawakened the concept of nudity in art to express human energy, life and basic and complex emotions. The modern artist continues to explore classical themes and gravitate towards portraying people in a more individualistic way. But for the purpose of this paper, I am going to the 19th century to explore the usage of nudity in art, and the reaction of the times. Edouard Manet has been known as a transitional painter…

Feminist Analysis of “Blade Culture” Nude photos: They can be a great way to add spice to one’s love life, but they often end up on the internet for everyone to see. Photos of women are almost always more desirable, as male nudes often consist of nothing but a phallus, which is not exactly an appealing organ. This means that the entire practice of sending nudes ends up subordinating women. This practice of subordination is illustrated in Atticus Lish’s “Blade culture.” The lead female…

Cinematic depictions of real life can sometimes be a bit fantastical or outside of what is seen as normal way to display story that holds some truth about reality, but it has always been that way, only in different form, in the early 1900’s there was The Great Gatsby in book form, that showed the American Dream and materialism has stemmed from it but now that we have the capabilities to produce realistic visual depictions people are weary of accepting cinematic depictions as credible. In recent…

Corner’s: Underground Homosexual Kingdom in the Eyes of Lesbians As the Taiwanese film critic Huang Jianye concludes, documentary in Taiwan has been developed into an ascendant genre after the success of the inaugural “International Documentary Biennial Exhibition” in 1998. With the shift from obsession with indigenization to excavation of individual life after the lifting of martial law in 1987, possibilities of focusing on minority groups and exploring urgent social issues have been…

In the last five years, movements such as Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, Fight for 15, and Black Lives Matter have increased the prominence of protest as a means to promote political and social change. Members of these movements and their supporters have criticized the ways the media have covered these and other recent protests. For example, many criticized the media’s choice to emphasize violence and looting over the actions of peaceful protesters in the aftermath of the death of Freddie…

One of the characterizing elements of the occupation on Wall Street was the General Assembly meetings held nightly at 7 p.m., “The diversity of the crowd was immediately apparent. Those sleeping in the park, with grimy demeanor and clothing that signaled the rigors of camping out, stood next to smartly attired office worker, who had apparently dropped by on a detour from their evening commute.” (Writers of the 99% 26). Despite the difference within the ever growing crowd of demonstrators the…

Our lesson this week starts off with a discussion about a very bad habit we have of not being thankful for the magnificent gift of salvation that we have received from Jesus Christ. If we ever stop and think about being so ungrateful for the great gift of salvation that Jesus made available to us we can review a biblical account that will make us stop and think that we aren’t the only ones who have failed to thank Jesus for some wonderful gift he gave them. Jesus gave ten men that He encountered…

The initial incident in the play starts when Antony lives in Egypt with his love Cleopatra. Anthony lives a luxurious life in Egypt. He eats massive feast, drink wine all night long, and evens dance to the music being played until morning, where he sleeps so he can those events the following night. Although Antony enjoys his time in Egypt, problems in the Roman Empire like rebellions and civil war draw him back to Rome. Not only that, his friend Ceaser is mad at Antony for breaking his sworn…

Nudity and Naked, Where is the Art? My Disclaimer: This article contains images of the human form that some consider graphic and may be inappropriate viewing for a workplace setting. If a piece of art is displayed that contain nudity, then what is that thin line between the types of arts where nudity is allowed, and the one where it is censored. To answer this question, we need to understand the difference between art and pornography. The differences Nudity, or nakedness, is the state of…