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:"The English language, with its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between the [[naked]] and the [[nude]]. To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word "nude," on the other hand, carries, in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone. The vague image it projects into the mind is not of a huddled and defenseless body, but of a balanced, prosperous, and confident body: the body re-formed. In fact, the word was forced into our vocabulary by critics of the early eighteenth century to persuade the artless islanders [of the UK] that, in countries where painting and sculpture were practiced and valued as they should be, the naked human body was the central subject of art."--[[Kenneth Clark]] in ''[[The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form]]'' :"The English language, with its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between the [[naked]] and the [[nude]]. To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word "nude," on the other hand, carries, in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone. The vague image it projects into the mind is not of a huddled and defenseless body, but of a balanced, prosperous, and confident body: the body re-formed. In fact, the word was forced into our vocabulary by critics of the early eighteenth century to persuade the artless islanders [of the UK] that, in countries where painting and sculpture were practiced and valued as they should be, the naked human body was the central subject of art."--[[Kenneth Clark]] in ''[[The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form]]''
 +For me, the naked and the nude<br>
 +(By lexicographers construed<br>
 +As synonyms that should express<br>
 +The same deficiency of dress<br>
 +Or shelter) stand as wide apart<br>
 +As love from lies, or truth from art.<br>
 +--[[Robert Graves]]
-'''Nudity''' or '''nakedness''' is the state of wearing no [[clothing]]. It is sometimes used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected by the conventions of a particular [[culture]] and situation, and in particular exposing the bare [[skin]] of [[intimate part]]s and has analogous uses.+:"To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises." --[[John Berger]]
-Nude+
 +'''Nudity''' is the state of wearing no [[clothing]]. It is sometimes used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected by the conventions of a particular [[culture]] and situation, and in particular exposing the bare [[skin]] of [[intimate part]]s and has analogous uses.
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Olympia by Édouard Manet, painted in 1863, depicting a courtesan gazing at her viewer.
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Olympia by Édouard Manet, painted in 1863, depicting a courtesan gazing at her viewer.
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Come unto These Yellow Sands (1842) by Richard Dadd. Images of nude and semi-nude fairies dancing in rings became popular during the Victorian era.

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"The English language, with its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between the naked and the nude. To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word "nude," on the other hand, carries, in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone. The vague image it projects into the mind is not of a huddled and defenseless body, but of a balanced, prosperous, and confident body: the body re-formed. In fact, the word was forced into our vocabulary by critics of the early eighteenth century to persuade the artless islanders [of the UK] that, in countries where painting and sculpture were practiced and valued as they should be, the naked human body was the central subject of art."--Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form

For me, the naked and the nude
(By lexicographers construed
As synonyms that should express
The same deficiency of dress
Or shelter) stand as wide apart
As love from lies, or truth from art.
--Robert Graves

"To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. To be naked is to be without disguises." --John Berger

Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. It is sometimes used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected by the conventions of a particular culture and situation, and in particular exposing the bare skin of intimate parts and has analogous uses.

See also




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