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Nude body paintings continued to be popular until the descent
of Emperor Napoleon-I rule and ban was imposed on woman nudity
by Victorian era. After the ruler of Victoria era assumed
the throne, strict rules were passed against nude paints.
This rule had restricted the painters from making the paintings of
the unclothed models. Some of the painters went against the
ban imposed and continued with their work.
The ban on nude body paintings lasted up to 1860
and thereafter its distribution started to take place
privately with out the knowledge of the ruler. After
a certain period of time it lost its popularity.
The experts like Corot, Puvis de Chavannes, and Delacroix
have dealt the subject in the academic way. Currently,
19th and 20th century nude body paintings have achieved
high sales and profits to the art museums in which these
paintings were kept. The nude body paintings based on
the themes on women erotic positions, got huge attention
and popularity from the art lovers.
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The 19th century paintings are six in number, and are kept
for sale every year by Christie and Sotheby in the cities
of London and New York.
The artists
and patrons have classified nude paintings according to their own
ideas. Classical Nude body paintings have the uniqueness in nude
paintings family. The most popular among the classical Nude body
paintings are that of Botticelli Primavera and birth of Venus. |
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