adam & eve:
- nudity went from beauty to sin
greeks:
- glorified males bc militaristic society
christian religion:
- removed/censored nudity bc it was evil/work of the devil
hindu beliefs:
- love making= union of soul & divine, understanding of universe
giotto:
- still portrayed nude as sin
- last judgement painting: on the right- nude figures raped, violated, devoured in hell
botticelli:
- birth of venus: nudity is central bc it's about to be covered up by a cloak, "perfect beauty"
- ^manifesto of shifting status of nude- something to be celebrated, beautiful, natural
michelangelo:
- statue of david: biblical + classical values, reminiscent of classical greek
- ^symbol of male beauty, challenges viewer, proud of nakedness
- sistine chapel: some nudes were painted over bc too risque
- ^set a trend in which artists painted biblical figures in nude
titian:
- "venus": laying naked, hand covering genitals
- ^women as goddesses & sexual being
leonardo da vinci:
- italian renaissance= human wasn't so sinful, man, not god, was center of world
- vitruvian man: rendered nude more accurately, body fit in perfect circle & square shapes
- heralded a shift in way humanity saw itself
- man stripped down into natural state
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