"The essence of art is that which lifts the human spirit"
Figurenude: [fig-yer - nood] -n- An object of two dimensional art with a nude human figure making up about one quarter of the surface area and is not intentionally erotic. It does not involve the subject interacting with anyone or the face of the nude as a prominent feature. The nude human form presented is revealed as an object of art and not a person with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns. It is often a term applied to photographs, but can be anything two-dimensional.
Art is a forum which treats the naked body as it would the sky, the rocks, nature, or the sea; a natural object beautiful in its creation, simple in its existence and completely innocent in its nakedness; an object devoid of judgment. God’s crowning creation and achievement.
The human body has been, is now and will ever be the subject of music, poetry, sculpture, painting, photography, dance, and art. Each body has its own, unique beauty. The turning of the arm, the lifting of the chin, a shift of the shoulder or the bending of the knee, creates a whole new pose and shape
“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin is more beautiful than the garmet with which it is clothed?”
- Michelangelo -