Nude vs Naked

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Jorrel Clyde D. Barrera 4P3 Art Appreciation Amanda V. Lachica Nude Vs Naked Being nude and being naked are often used as synonyms. However, there is a clear distinction between the two when it comes to culture. To be naked is to be to be oneself. Also nakedness, according to John Berger is the acted sexual love while nude is the body which is to be looked at and to be consumed. While being nude on the other hand is a form of display. To be naked is private and to be nude is public. To be nude is to be without clothes, where the subject feels safe and comfortable, and they are not being represented in a sexual way. For instance, the Roman statues would be a nude. Michelangelo's David would also be an example. They are unclothed bodies that are intended to represent the natural beauty, not to create sexual urge. To be naked is to be without clothing, or bare, in a setting that the subject would be embarrassed, feeling exposed and defenseless, or to be presented in a sexual way. A woman that is unclothed would be naked. Being naked is more natural; nudity involves posing and intending to be seen. With nakedness, it is simply being in the state of having no clothes on and nudity being a form of artistic representation. Being naked is just being yourself, but being nude in the artistic sense of the word is being without clothes for the purpose of being looked at. A body being naked has to become an object of a gaze in order to become a nude representation. Being naked means being without any clothes that you put on, but being nude means that you become your own clothes. Berger points out that nude women were the main subject in one category of oil painting. The nude reveals how women have been seen and judged. The first nude painting was the story of Adam and Eve. For Berger, there are two important elements to this story. Firstly, after they have

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