nude painting

Bare figure artwork

A nude painting depicts the unclothed human body as its subject, a tradition stretching back to classical antiquity and central to Western art education.

The term works both ways—it can mean a painting of a nude figure The museum acquired a Modigliani nude painting or the act of painting while unclothed She found nude painting liberating in the summer heat.

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subject attire/coverage

nude paintingrobed figure

Person wearing long garments

artistic intent/treatment

nude paintingreligious icon

Venerated depiction of divinity

formal portrait · official portrait · Victorian portrait

artistic subject matter

nude paintinglandscape painting

Art depicting natural vistas

still life · abstract painting · seascape · cityscape · floral painting

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13