Nudity In Art

[ironmonk]

[quote name='p0lar_bear' date='Apr 22 2004, 10:30 AM'] Ever been to the Vatican? Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel includes a lot of nudes. Does this mean that it is not art? That the entire chapel is an occassion of sin? [/quote]
If you notice, only men are nude. Maybe Eve is, but I believe the privates are covered.

I still think there is no need for nudity in art whatsoever.


[b]Genesis 2:25[/b]
The man and his wife were both naked, [b]yet they felt no shame[/b].

...Before the fall.

[b]Genesis 9:18 [/b]
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
[b]19 [/b]These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled.
[b]20 [/b]Now Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
[b]21 [/b]When he drank some of the wine, he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
[b]22 [/b]Ham, the father of Canaan, [b]saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside about it[/b].
[b]23 [/b]Shem and Japheth, however, took a robe, and holding it on their backs, they walked backward and covered their father's nakedness; [b][u]since their faces were turned the other way, they did not see their father's nakedness[/u][/b].
[b]24 [/b]When Noah woke up from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
[b]25 [/b]he said: "[b]Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers[/b]."


[b]Genesis 3:7 [/b]
Then [u]the eyes of both of them were opened[/u], and [b]they realized that they were naked[/b]; [b]so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves[/b]
...
[b]10 [/b]He answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because [b][u]I was naked, so I hid myself[/u][/b]."




It is clear that there is never a need for nudity in art. It is wrong.

Nothing can be said in defense of any art that contains nudity. It is clear that we should NOT view others nakedness outside of wedlock.

Venial or Mortal --- another matter. Some "art" may be venial...

God Bless,
ironmonk