nudes are beautiful

[dragonclouds]

How utterly ridiculous! We're living in a world where there's tacky porn in every magazine, on every billboard, yet a beautiful painting which celebrates the human form has to be touched up? I remember shocking some of my church friends in saying that I would pose nude for a painting. As long as there is nothing sexual in it, I find it beautiful

Comments

[lalumena]

Oh, how ridiculous! People can't handle an artistic nipple?

It's refreshing to see beautiful curvy women, I must say. Makes a change from the usual shapes we get presented with as the ideal all the time.

I really like the Knight Errant one, too. Somehow there seems to be both gallantry and a darker threat in it.

[cielnocturne]

Excuse me while I go laughing in my little corner. LMAO what?! Poor world...

Oh I love all of the pictures you've posted. And I agree. As long as it's not porn and cheap bur artistic, nudes can be so pretty!
Millais ♥

[stellypippin]

We're living in the age of excess - excess prude-ness or excess exhibitionism, ugh.

[carbonpaper]

That's so retarded. For the most part, I love Europeans for being so free with nudity. I sort of wish I grew up that way. I mean, I'm mostly ok with it, I love vintage nude photos and paintings, but you know it has to be tasteful. And that certainly is! So yes, stupid.

These paintings are lovely.

[manatees]

http://images.bridgeman.co.uk/cgi-bin/bridgemanImage.cgi/400.LMG.0445610.7055475/162261.JPG
That's the one I was on about! It's Frederick Spencer Gore and not Sickert, haha.