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Modernism continued to effectively kill off the idealised reclining nude, as messier, more complicated images of naked bodies proliferated. Both in artists' naked self-portraits and in nude portraits of others, a concern with the body's less-than-picturesque aspects remained ascendant – from Picasso's shattered forms to Lucian Freud's lumpy flesh. Kamasutra Book PDF". planetreports.blogspot.in. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03 . Retrieved 2014-01-21. Chopra, Rajesh. "This is a typical erotic posture from Khajuraho Gallery 9". www.liveindia.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17 . Retrieved 2014-01-21. What is generally called "ethnographic" nudity has appeared both in serious research works on ethnography and anthropology, as well as in commercial documentaries and in the National Geographic magazine in the United States. In some cases, media outlets may show nudity that occurs in a "natural" or spontaneous setting in news programs or documentaries, while blurring out or censoring the nudity in a dramatic work. [30] The ethnographic focus provided an exceptional framework for photographers to depict peoples whose nudity was, or still is, acceptable within the mores, or within certain specific settings, of their traditional culture. [31] [32] [33]

In Rembrandt’s painting, Danäe is depicted very naturally, lying on the bed naked. She becomes aware of the divine presence, which takes the form of a warm golden Eros . Rembrandt rendered the scene as naturally as possible, to draw attention to the leading figure. The intimacy of the atmosphere echoes the stylistic influences of the Italian Baroque .In art, a study is a drawing, sketch or painting done in preparation for a finished piece, or as visual notes. [24] Painting and drawing studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) were part of the artist's education. The provocative photo of a nude prepubescent girl on the original cover of the Virgin Killer album by the Scorpions also brought controversy. Sexually explicit images, other than those having a scientific or educational purpose, are generally categorized as either erotic art or pornography, but sometimes can be both. Anatomical studies of the human body were also executed by medical doctors. The physician Andreas Vesalius work of anatomical studies De humani corporis fabrica ( On the fabric of the human body), published 1543, was a pioneering work of human anatomy illustrated by Titian's pupil Jan Stephen van Calcar. Sandro Botticelli’s Venus and Female Nudity in Art The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1485, via Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Alexander Skarsgård, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer; from the cast of True Blood ( Rolling Stone, September 2010)a b Kielletyt kuvat: vanhaa eroottista taidetta Japanista / Förbjudna bilder: gammal erotisk konst från Japan / Forbidden Images – Erotic art from Japan's Edo Period. Helsingin kaupungin taidemuseon julkaisuja. Vol.75. Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki City Art Museum. 2002. pp.23–28. ISBN 951-8965-53-6. Hudovernik, Robert. Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston. New York, NY: Universe Publishing/Rizzoli International Publications, 2006, HB, 272pp.