NUDE
Nude
The nude figure is mainly a tradition in Western art, and has been used to express ideals of male and female beauty and other human qualities. It was a central preoccupation of Ancient Greek art, and after a semi-dormant period in the Middle Ages returned to a central position in Western art with the Renaissance. Athletes, dancers, and warriors are depicted to express human energy and life, and nudes in various poses may express basic or complex emotions such as pathos. In one sense, a nude is a work of fine art that has as its primary subject the unclothed human body, forming a subject genre of art, in the same way as landscapes and still life. Unclothed figures ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Nude (art)
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nude
Noun
- A painting, other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting (a) human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress.
- ''The marketing rule 'nude sells' spread from verbal to visual mainstream media in the 20th century
- (absolute use, with article: the nude) The state of total nudity
Adjective
- Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples.
- Why do you act so prudish whenever you see nude people?
- Of a beige or tan color, evoking bare skin.
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