NUDE XVI
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In Pompeii and the Roman world, erotic art was woven into the fabric of everyday life. Figure nudes or sexual depictions were found in public marketplaces, murals and sculptures. Once Christianity became the official religion of the state under Emperor Constantine in the Fourth Century, what was labeled as 'pagan' imagry was banished and driven underground, yet served at contrary purpose to hideous murders exacted during mass undertakings at the behest of the church historically such as The Crusades. Once surveyed in their most vaulted heirarchy, neither art photographs, nor figure paintings may serve as a "false prophet" (so to speak) for any journalistic, scientific or other practical purpose beneath the vision itself. The distinction between these is not always clear, and photographers, as with other artists, exact their own vision..not as justification, but to characterize the work though the eye of the artist 'first' and that of the viewer secondarily. The nude form remains a controversial subject in all media, but more so with photography due to its inherent realism and immediacy. From mankind's prehistorical origins to the contested values of contemporary civilization, nude female figures are generally understood to be symbols of fertility. {Credits: Wikipedia, Kevin Freeman and ArtFaire.us}.
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