The Female Nude: Art, Obscenity and Sexuality

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At the time, Cézanne could not convince himself to invite real women to pose nude for him. Some critics believe that through this painting, Cézanne wanted to represent his fear of women, as a kind of harassment of these female bodies that make him so uncomfortable. The debates about honesty and idealisation from the Victorian period reverberate right through to our own time, which I think resembles the Victorian period in quite striking ways, particularly when you look at the way nudity and body issues are discussed in the culture at large,” he says. “Even today there is this amazing mix of prudity and permissiveness. We’re so used to seeing millions of images of the naked human form, yet at the same time a single nude artwork in a gallery can still prove extraordinarily controversial at times.” Only recently in Australia, an art magazine was compelled by its publisher to conceal the nipples on a female nude painting it had chosen for its cover. A recently opened show at the Barbican re-examines the work of one of the most celebrated proponents of “body art”, the late Carolee Schneemann, who, in 1959, travelled down the East Coast, then took a ferry to Cuba for an abortion, which was provided without anaesthetic. She was 20 and in a relationship, but did not wish to become a mother – hence the trip, and her willingness to endure such pain and hazard. After the procedure, Schneemann wrote about the sense of liberation she felt, her head “flooding with wonderful power… The body writhes and crumples and twists, the head is filled with joy, exultant and free.” It is interesting to compare these two frescoes. Masolino’s Eden is idyllic, Adam and Eve are beautiful and bright. Conversely, in Masaccio’s, Adam and Eve are being terrorized. The difference in the representation of the nude, idealized for one and realistic for the other, highlights the condition of man before and after committing the first sin. 2. Renaissance: Revealing the body Israel-Hamas war LIVE: Israeli airstrikes destroy 300 targets in Gaza and Lebanon overnight as WHO warns of 'imminent public health catastrophe'

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I hope people get a calendar as it is for a really good cause and if they liked last years they'll love this years.'Focusing on the evolving visual portrayal of the female universe, the photographer’s latest project, In Her Room, explores the relationship between empathy, intimacy, and the contemporary representation of women. Macrì chose to capture her subjects within their own bedrooms, seeing each of those rooms as a safe space where women can experiment with, and discover, their identity for the very first time. I’m so proud of every single muscle of my body,” said Davidsdottir, a two-time CrossFit Games champion. “I had to work for it. I had to earn that. They don’t just show up.”

Pérez makes her captivating, emotion-laden images by inviting her subjects to interact with water, letting them connect with a powerful, elemental force of nature that helps them to strip off the facades of identity and ego and go inwards toward the core of who they really are.Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted great landscapes, religious and mythological paintings. Yet he is considered the painter of frivolity and Rococo. The Shirt Removed from 1770 is undoubtedly one of the artist’s most iconic and sensual works. In the center, a naked woman lies down and a “putto”, a servant of the goddess Venus, removes her blouse. The painting presents a daring subject, even if the closed eyes and the half-turned body evoke a certain modesty. Here, the nude is sublimated by the white, gray and pink colors that highlight the young skin of this woman. Moving away from mythological and historical subjects, Fragonard revolutionized the genre in creating these intimate and frivolous nude paintings. 4. Romanticism and Realism: The Nude in total rupture The Hitchin Ladies Rugby Club have stripped off for the second time for their 2018 fundraising calendar