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The term nude means uncovered. The paintings made generally on the human beings with their bodies uncovered are known as nude body paintings.
It goes back to the 19th century particularly in the France nation when the nude body paintings were in much demand from the people.
The fantastic paintings made by well known painters like François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard on erotic subjects depicting unclothed women in romantic situations. Francisco Goya created paintings which had the impression of being more vulgar as per the views of the people of his period.
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.
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. |
