It depends on what kind of art you’re talking about. I am currently helping to instruct a professional artist with no formal art training. None. He never has to draw nudes, but he can draw real human beings and mythical human-like beings perfectly. Nudity is not required.
Probably not, but for some artists, nudity won’t cause harm, and could improve the quality. Necessity is not the hinge on which prudence turns.
Have you seen some of the talent on some of these people today? They can draw pictures that are so life like that you would think it was a photgraph.
The point is, you make is sound like it’s impossible for people to see others naked and not lust, even in a professional setting such as modeling for an artist. I was just pointing out that if it’s really that impossible for a professional to see naked ppl without lusting, then why doesn’t anyone ever suggest seeing doctors of only the same gender?? It’s just a double standard.
Well said.
Why was it stupid? Did you complain to someone at the Vatican? And if you didn’t, why bother telling us? You know this, right?There is a difference in art and in pornography. There is no problem with nude models when used to produce art. This has been done for thousands of years and the Vatican is full of nude pictures.
But then there was the very, very unfortunate decision that put those STUPID fig leaves on pre-existing-nude statues. When I saw those in the Vatican I was so.
Catholics are not Puritans.
Sure. This image fits but the writer at the source of this image has the Garden of Eden story wrong.
It was incredibly stupid to attempt to dress-up works of art that had been originally created by great artistic masters to glorify the human body and give glory to God. These works were originally commissioned by the church to be nude and there was no need to alter them…why is the statue of David not covered??
I have been involved in art for decades. I’ve seen the photo-realistic stuff. It’s boring, as in, painting / photograph - no real difference. We’d never publish such work.
And what’s stopping you or anyone from seeing a doctor of the same gender? Sheesh. I know people who do prefer doctors of the same gender. What’s the big deal?
What is really sad is the graphic exploitation of male and female sex acts. We cannot call ourselves civil or civilized if we say it’s OK. Human dignity requires human decency.
Uh huh. And where does this type of art get shown? Seriously? And I’m not talking about Church settings. I know people from all spectrums of the arts, from the Ultra-Orthodox fine artists, to weekend painters, and professionals with zero art schooling.
Has his nude portrait ever been displayed for public viewing or published anywhere, or is it a school assignment (by which I’m saying it in no way diminishes its quality if it is)?
Write a letter to the Vatican. I firmly believe no one here has the answer.