nudity in art?

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can nudity just be art? please don't vote in this if you already voted in the other

  • yes

    Votes: 27 50.0%
  • no

    Votes: 12 22.2%
  • if it's only a silhouette, yes

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • sometimes

    Votes: 14 25.9%

  • Total voters
    54
Sep 28, 2011
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FUNNY to see your posts all over this thread on 'nudity in art.' Can't be bothered to read them all though; from experience I already know what your stance on the subject is. Judging from your remarks on my last avatar you already find the depiction of a shirtless Jesus who invites Thomas to touch his wounds inappropriate.
;) (big fat wink)


However, this usually is the way this scene depicted in art, take Caravaggio for instance...


didy you goose. it's my thread! and i'm the one who made a piece of art with nudity in it! your avatar was just plain creepy. lol. a painting of Jesus should not have him shirtless and pudgy. with some dude poking his nipple. it's just wrong. lol.
 
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DannyC

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Well I actually do alot of art for my college course and in my spare time.

Art work by DannyC

That's my blog, which contains some of my art if anyone is interesting in seeing it. There is a section of nudity male and female, but you don't have to look at if you don't like. Otherwise enjoy.
 
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iTOREtheSKY

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FYI..later on I will be doing an oil painting completely disrobed...now that's art baby! lol
(I will be available for autographs afterward & refreshments will be served as well)
 
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didymos

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didy you goose. it's my thread! and i'm the one who made a piece of art with nudity in it! your avatar was just plain creepy. lol. a painting of Jesus should not have him shirtless and pudgy. with some dude poking his nipple. it's just wrong. lol.
Ah ok.. my bad. If it's done 'in the best possible taste' there's nothing wrong with nudity in art I guess. Good taste is always relative though; what some people admire, others loathe. There's no objective norm for beauty. I didn't see anything aesthetically wrong with my avatar, but you obviously did. Again, let me point out that the way the scene of John 20:27 is depicted in my old avatar is very much in line with how it's depicted in general. Jesus IS always more or less shirtless. And Thomas IS always touching Jesus' wounds, sometimes even poking them. Thomas isn't poking Jesus' nipple in my old avatar though, it just looks that way. No one knows what Jesus looked like in the first place, He might have been pudgy (though I thought it, I'll give you that) ;)

My old avatar might show up now and again. I'M SORRY, but I just like it too much.

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Tintin

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Never poke open wounds. It's unhygienic!
 
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OceanGrl

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DannyC, you're artwork is pretty good. You definitely have some talent.
 
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iTOREtheSKY

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Ok...peeps..I'm almost done..anyone for refreshments? lol Oh look at me..sheesh..lemme grab a robe. LOL
 
Dec 30, 2011
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I have an Aunt that went to Los Vegas and seen dancers that were topless and she called it art. There was a man of God (can't remember which one; that said the Lord showed him that in the last days they would call nudity art). When Adam and Eve became aware of sin God made them cloths, because that day they started living in a fallen, sinful world that was now full of lust. His word commands us to wear modest apparel. So, in God's oppinion, definitely, nudity is not art. Yes, we are fearfully and wonderfully made, but somethings are reserved for our spouses eyes only. It's sad because when studying these ladies who perform naked for men, they have to drink or do drugs to allow themselves to do it. They are overriding their hearts and using drugs and alcohol to help themselves do it. That's really sad and not what God intended for their lives. He's loves them and wants that part of them protected and reseved for someone special. I guess my question is what is the difference between Playboy and nude artwork or nude dancing? No difference, they all preovke lust. When Jesus was in the wilderness being tempted by Satan, he was tempted with the three key lust, "the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. Men especially are very visual, we need to be modest little lady for them. I read a book that said men prefer modesty, even among the lost men. They like to slowly discover not have it all right out there. Am I right about that gentlemen?
 
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jinx

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If I wanted to see a naked lady I'd look in the mirror.... LOL
 
Sep 28, 2011
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Never poke open wounds. It's unhygienic!
well i'm sure by the time jesus was resurrected, His wound was closed. lol.

and i would post the link to my piece that's been in question this whole time
but i wasn't sure that it was allowed any more than the actually picture posted here. of david or anything else.
 
Sep 28, 2011
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I have an Aunt that went to Los Vegas and seen dancers that were topless and she called it art. There was a man of God (can't remember which one; that said the Lord showed him that in the last days they would call nudity art). When Adam and Eve became aware of sin God made them cloths, because that day they started living in a fallen, sinful world that was now full of lust. His word commands us to wear modest apparel. So, in God's oppinion, definitely, nudity is not art. Yes, we are fearfully and wonderfully made, but somethings are reserved for our spouses eyes only. It's sad because when studying these ladies who perform naked for men, they have to drink or do drugs to allow themselves to do it. They are overriding their hearts and using drugs and alcohol to help themselves do it. That's really sad and not what God intended for their lives. He's loves them and wants that part of them protected and reseved for someone special. I guess my question is what is the difference between Playboy and nude artwork or nude dancing? No difference, they all preovke lust. When Jesus was in the wilderness being tempted by Satan, he was tempted with the three key lust, "the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. Men especially are very visual, we need to be modest little lady for them. I read a book that said men prefer modesty, even among the lost men. They like to slowly discover not have it all right out there. Am I right about that gentlemen?
there is a big difference between nude dancing or playboy and nudity in art. the former was obviously created to invoke lust.
i would most definitely have to know what 'man of God' said whatever word from the Lord to even begin to take it seriously.
honestly i am completely jaded at this point of my life to the 'men of God' out there 'proclaiming things'
i think some of them are full of it.
 
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jinx

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Ladies, your breasticals and butticusses are for you man only!!!! If you aint got a man, and want to show off your junk, then you have a problem.
 
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didymos

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Ladies, your breasticals and butticusses are for you man only!!!! If you aint got a man, and want to show off your junk, then you have a problem.
Yes ladies, your 'junk' is for your man only, well put. :p
 
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Tintin

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I can view a non-sexual female nude in art and feel no lust. Men can control their desires. A suggestive piece of art though is a different matter altogether. More discernment is needed. Perhaps, even a classic 'run from temptation' is in order.
 
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Ladies, your breasticals and butticusses are for you man only!!!! If you aint got a man, and want to show off your junk, then you have a problem.
I shouldn't find this as hilarious as I do, but I can't stop laughing! :)