Madlodies♫

//Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:21 PM

Art Nudity

"I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave...."
(The Book of Job 1:21)

These few days I am back to my papers and pencil. I have to hone my skills in drawing the human figure. I am just rusty now...I must get back on track. When it comes to drawing the human figure, of course you need to study the naked body. Man! God is really a Classy God. The way He shaped and fashioned us is totally way too wonderful and astonishing! I am always amazed, gazing at the beauty of the female body. The curves ever so prominent, the skin so soft and supple to the eyes, the breasts of the proportionate shape like a rain drop and primarily her face reflecting calmness and female pride. Go read the Songs of Songs in the bible and you can perceive a woman's body as a magnificent work of God and not something explicit or forbidden as many narrow-minded men perceive it to be. I would very much want to break that perception and let people see that nudity too can be a beauty and not a taboo.

It's very difficult to find works that are able to materialize the fantastic conjunction of the Nude with Art. Only a few masters in the history of art were able to pass this test. The true essence of art is beauty, joined with the sensuality of the nude, often confused with vulgarity. Nudity is always disquieting, instigating and surprising. So the artist, both in painting and in sculpture, in dancing or in photography, discovers in the nude a profound link with the pureness of being. Sensuality stimulates creativity in every sense. Sensuality also evokes love, passion and the creation of man. This is why nudity moves us so profoundly. For all those who appreciate the artistic nude, OCAIW offers the most complete gallery, with representations by the principal masters and artists of art history.

(Ariano Cavalcanti de Paula)