Nudity in combat
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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. --''[[The Nude, A Study in Ideal Form]]'' | ||
| - | '''Heroic nudity''' or '''ideal nudity''' is a concept in [[classics|classical scholarship]] to describe the use of [[nudity]] in classical [[sculpture]] to indicate that a sculpture's apparently mortal human subject is in fact a [[Greek hero cult|hero]] or semi-divine being. This convention began in [[archaic period in Greece|archaic]] and [[Ancient Greek sculpture|classical Greece]] and was later adopted by [[Hellenistic sculpture|Hellenistic]] and [[Roman sculpture|Roman]] sculpture. This concept operated for women as well as for men, with females having themselves portrayed as [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] and other goddesses. Particularly in Roman examples like the Tivoli General or Delos "Pseudo-Athlete", this could lead to an odd juxtaposition of a hyper-realistic portrait bust in the Roman style (warts-and-all for the men, or with an elaborate hairstyle for the women) with an idealised god-like body in the Greek style. | ||
| - | As a concept, it has been modified since its inception, with other types of nudity now recognised in classical sculpture (eg the [[pathos|pathetic]] nudity of brave but defeated barbarian enemies like the ''[[Dying Gaul]]''). Tonio Hölscher has even rejected the concept entirely for Greek art of the [[4th century BC]] and earlier. | + | :''http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wrestling_in_art'' |
| - | ==See also== | + | '''Nudity in combat''' is the practice of entering [[combat]] without clothing and armor. It is rarely practiced because, apart from the social aspects of [[nudity]], the combatant lacks even the basic protection of clothes, e.g. when diving for cover, or crawling. Also the combatant misses the practicality of hiding/carrying objects in pockets and attached to clothes. |
| - | *[[Nudity in combat]] | + | |
| - | *[[History of nudity]] | + | The artistic convention of [[heroic nudity]], however, was established in the [[Art in ancient Greece|art of ancient Greece]] by the Archaic period. |
| - | *[[The Swimming Hole]] | + | |
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Nudity in combat is the practice of entering combat without clothing and armor. It is rarely practiced because, apart from the social aspects of nudity, the combatant lacks even the basic protection of clothes, e.g. when diving for cover, or crawling. Also the combatant misses the practicality of hiding/carrying objects in pockets and attached to clothes.
The artistic convention of heroic nudity, however, was established in the art of ancient Greece by the Archaic period.
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