{"id":20667,"date":"2014-05-05T17:50:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T22:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=20667"},"modified":"2014-05-06T19:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:32:00","slug":"beautiful-classic-nudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Classic Nudes (Paintings and Sculptures)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The artistic depiction of nude people is a popular form of art now, but it has been a favorite theme for thousands of years. It could arguably be the one topic of artistic efforts that hasn\u2019t faded since, well, the very beginning of art. Sure, it changed over time, but only in form and not in the intensity of the interest for the topic itself. The human body is a fascinating subject, and we don\u2019t get to see it in its naked version as often as not. Therefore, its specific beauty is not only perceived as mysterious and fantasized about, but it is also the inspiration and main focus of many classical art pieces. Today we will be presenting you our favorite classic nudes of a timeless elegance and beauty.<\/p>\n

Messalina, sculpture by Eugene Cyrille Brunet (1884)<\/h2>\n

\"1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This beautiful piece depicts the rumored-to-be ruthless seductress<\/a> in a love bed, seemingly in rapture or attempting to entice someone into joining her. The majestic beauty of that pure white body arched in erotic tension is disarmingly captivating. Most classic nudes aren\u2019t by far as sexually charged as this one; the vast majority just depict naked people or naked beautiful people but without this show of emotion. Messalina manages to send off a really moving vibe of eroticism, and while her skin seems so perfectly white and smooth, the overall look of her body doesn\u2019t look artificial at all. Kudos to the artist for a really wonderful and mesmerizing piece.<\/p>\n

Venus of Milo<\/h2>\n

\"2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another sculpture is the famous Venus of Milo, found in Melos in 1820, but created around 130-100 BC. That means the beauty of this woman managed to somehow survive for over two thousand years and make it to this day to continue stirring the hearts of people who look upon it. All this admiration, furthermore, comes in spite of its regrettable but unavoidable damage. It\u2019s particularly interesting (and a bit moving, also) to notice how little the beauty ideals and standards have changed. Seeing what ancient Greeks considered breath-taking somehow just closes the gap between \u201cus\u201d and \u201cthem\u201d.<\/p>\n

Maja Desnuda, painting by Goya (1795-1800)<\/h2>\n

\"3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The famous Spanish painter usually was drawn to ugliness and the grotesque (at least as much as the times and the current trends allowed him), but it surely wasn\u2019t the case here. A collection of classic nudes wouldn\u2019t be complete without the beautiful Maja Desnuda (Naked Maja). The painting has a counterpart usually hung next to it in whatever museum they\u2019re taken to, called Maja Vestida (Clothed Maya), for which Goya painted a portrait of the same model, but with clothes on. Her body seems to display perfect proportions, while her face is refreshingly lively and a bit cheeky, just the right amount.<\/p>\n

The Kiss, sculpture by Auguste Rodin (1889)<\/h2>\n

\"4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A wonderfully natural and also nicely intimate pose of a couple kissing. The faces of the people portrayed don\u2019t even matter in this setting, precisely because the sculpture in trying to convey some sort of anonymity and greater intimacy of the depicted couple. The idea the viewer gets after admiring this is, furthermore, that in the face of love, we become closer to archetypes perhaps, as in the idea<\/i> of a man and the idea<\/i> of a woman, but not in a creepy and de-personalizing way. This is one of the most beautiful sculpted classic nudes ever made, probably because it\u2019s not a single nude meaning to entice, but a double nude that only expresses tenderness and intimacy.<\/p>\n

The Birth of Venus, painting by Sandro Botticelli (1486)<\/h2>\n

\"5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is just as well-known in the mainstream media as the other Venus depiction presented above, but it was worth mentioning nonetheless for more than one reason. First of all, the painting\u2019s quality is really impressive considering that it\u2019s about 300 years older than most of the other pieces of art featured here. Second of all, that all-encompassing tender and contemplative gaze of the main character, while her beautiful fiery hair gently floats around here in a truly miraculous grace, well, that kind of self-abandon is simply contagious. No list of the world\u2019s most moving classic nudes should close without her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The artistic depiction of nude people is a popular form of art now, but it has been a favorite theme for thousands of years. It could arguably be the one topic of artistic efforts that hasn\u2019t faded since, well, the very beginning of art. Sure, it changed over time, but only in form and not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":20669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[5460,5458,5459,5462,51,746,5461],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13.jpg","yoast_head":"\nBeautiful Classic Nudes (Paintings and Sculptures) 2023 | This Blog Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The artistic depiction of nude people is a popular form of art now, but it has been a favorite theme for thousands of years. It could arguably be the one\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/\",\"name\":\"This Blog Rules | Why go elsewhere?\",\"description\":\"Leading Entertainment Blog and Daily Source for Fun\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/13.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/\",\"name\":\"Beautiful Classic Nudes (Paintings and Sculptures) 2023 | This Blog Rules\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-05T22:50:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-07T00:32:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fe40cb4813507d110553dbeb0307a088\"},\"description\":\"The artistic depiction of nude people is a popular form of art now, but it has been a favorite theme for thousands of years. It could arguably be the one\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/beautiful-classic-nudes\/\",\"name\":\"Beautiful Classic Nudes (Paintings and Sculptures)\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fe40cb4813507d110553dbeb0307a088\",\"name\":\"Fred Mitchell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/896f9f4ccaf999c629bf756051876228?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fred Mitchell\"},\"description\":\"I like midnight surfing and going for jogs at sunrise with my my golden retriever, Charlie. When I'm not studying Russian literature or reading Dostoievski, you can find me playing video games like Witcher 3 or Battlefield Hardline, or hanging out in Starbucks sipping an Americano. I never leave the house without my phone and saying I am a social media addict would definitely not be an understatement.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20674,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20667\/revisions\/20674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}