Male nude
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| + | "Very few active, strong, psychologically engaging, heroic [[female nude]]s and I know of no female counterparts to ''[[The Thinker]]'', the [[Battle of the Nudes (engraving) |Pollaiuolo engraving]], or [[David (Michelangelo)|David]]. To make this point vivid, try the thought experiment of imagining a work like Ingres’s ''[[The Turkish Bath|Turkish Bath]]'' with men rather than women, or Pollaiuolo’s ''Battle with women'' rather than men. The results, I think you’ll find, will seem so foreign as to border on the absurd."--"[[What's Wrong with the Female Nude?]]" (2012) Anne W. Eaton | ||
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| + | ""[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]]" (1989) was an [[Consciousness raising|awareness campaign]] by the American feminist group the [[Guerrilla Girls]]; who, after counting all [[man|male]] [[artist]]s, [[Women artists|female artist]]s, [[male nude]]s and [[female nude]]s at New York's [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], condemned the limited number of [[Women artists|female artist]]s found in that institute."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | :In [[Ancient Greek art]], male nakedness, including the [[genitals]], was common, although the [[Female genitalia|female vulval area]] was generally covered in art for public display. This tradition continued in [[Ancient Roman art]] until the conversion of the [[Roman Empire]] to [[Christianity]], when heroic nudity vanished. During the [[Middle Ages]], the [[nude]] was replaced by the naked (''[[The Nude, A Study in Ideal Form]]'') and only the unfortunate (most often the [[damnation|damned]]) were usually shown naked, although the depictions were then often rather explicit. Adam and Eve were often shown wearing fig or other leaves, following the Biblical description. This was especially a feature of [[Northern Renaissance]] art. | + | This page concerns representations of [[male]] [[nudity]]. |
| + | ==Antiquity== | ||
| + | :''[[heroic nudity]], [[Barberini Faun]]'' | ||
| - | == See also == | + | In [[Ancient Greek art]], male nakedness, including the [[genitals]], was common, although the [[Female genitalia|female vulval area]] was generally covered in art for public display. This tradition continued in [[Ancient Roman art]] until the conversion of the [[Roman Empire]] to [[Christianity]], when [[heroic nudity]] vanished. |
| + | The male nude was depicted in the over-[[muscle]]d [[torso]]s and backs of the men in sculptures such as ''[[Laocoön and his Sons]]'', the ''[[Belvedere Torso]]'', and ''[[Farnese Hercules]]''. | ||
| - | *[[List of photographers known for portraying males erotically]] | + | ==Middle Ages and Renaissance== |
| + | *[[David (Michelangelo)]] | ||
| + | *[[Dying Gaul]] | ||
| + | *[[Dying Slave]] by Michelangelo | ||
| + | *''[[Pluto (Agostino Carracci)|Pluto]]'' (1592) by Agostino Carracci | ||
| + | *''[[Samson Imprisoned]]''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samson_Imprisoned_by_Annibale_Carracci.jpg] (ca. 1595) by Annibale Carracci | ||
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| + | During the [[Middle Ages]], the [[nude]] was replaced by the naked (''[[The Nude, A Study in Ideal Form]]'') and only the unfortunate (most often the [[damnation|damned]]) were usually shown naked, although the depictions were then often rather explicit. Adam and Eve were often shown wearing fig or other leaves, following the Biblical description. This was especially a feature of [[Northern Renaissance]] art. | ||
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| + | ==19th century== | ||
| + | *''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx]]'' (1808) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres | ||
| + | *''[[The Death of Bara]]'' by [[Jacques-Louis David]] | ||
| + | *''[[Patroclus]]'' by [[Jacques-Louis David]] | ||
| + | *[[Study (Flandrin)]] | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[User:Jahsonic/Notes on penis size in art history]] | ||
| + | *[[David's fig leaf]] | ||
| + | *[[Art nude]] | ||
| *[[The Beautiful Boy]] | *[[The Beautiful Boy]] | ||
| *[[Frontal nudity]] | *[[Frontal nudity]] | ||
| *[[Homoeroticism]] | *[[Homoeroticism]] | ||
| + | *[[Female nude]] | ||
| + | *[[List of photographers known for portraying males erotically]] | ||
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"Very few active, strong, psychologically engaging, heroic female nudes and I know of no female counterparts to The Thinker, the Pollaiuolo engraving, or David. To make this point vivid, try the thought experiment of imagining a work like Ingres’s Turkish Bath with men rather than women, or Pollaiuolo’s Battle with women rather than men. The results, I think you’ll find, will seem so foreign as to border on the absurd."--"What's Wrong with the Female Nude?" (2012) Anne W. Eaton ""Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?" (1989) was an awareness campaign by the American feminist group the Guerrilla Girls; who, after counting all male artists, female artists, male nudes and female nudes at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, condemned the limited number of female artists found in that institute."--Sholem Stein |
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Antiquity
In Ancient Greek art, male nakedness, including the genitals, was common, although the female vulval area was generally covered in art for public display. This tradition continued in Ancient Roman art until the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, when heroic nudity vanished. The male nude was depicted in the over-muscled torsos and backs of the men in sculptures such as Laocoön and his Sons, the Belvedere Torso, and Farnese Hercules.
Middle Ages and Renaissance
- David (Michelangelo)
- Dying Gaul
- Dying Slave by Michelangelo
- Pluto (1592) by Agostino Carracci
- Samson Imprisoned[1] (ca. 1595) by Annibale Carracci
During the Middle Ages, the nude was replaced by the naked (The Nude, A Study in Ideal Form) and only the unfortunate (most often the damned) were usually shown naked, although the depictions were then often rather explicit. Adam and Eve were often shown wearing fig or other leaves, following the Biblical description. This was especially a feature of Northern Renaissance art.
19th century
- Oedipus and the Sphinx (1808) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- The Death of Bara by Jacques-Louis David
- Patroclus by Jacques-Louis David
- Study (Flandrin)
See also
- User:Jahsonic/Notes on penis size in art history
- David's fig leaf
- Art nude
- The Beautiful Boy
- Frontal nudity
- Homoeroticism
- Female nude
- List of photographers known for portraying males erotically
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