Dublin Core
Title
Nudity
Identifier
129
Symbol Item Type Metadata
Symbol name
Nudity
Symbol Description
Nudity is both a symbol of purity and innocence, like Adam and Eve in the garden, or one of sensuality and prurience. The classical era took a different approach to nudity than did the Medieval, with the ideal of the heroic or divine nude. In the Renaissance there is a return to these forms, although there also persists much imagery of nudity as a badge of shame, as in the depiction of damned souls. As allegory, nude figures are often in positive aspect.
Sources
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