However, there has been a shift where there appears to be a greater tolerance of nudism in Europe, whilst Eastern countries tend to be more conservative. Their embarrassment, upon discovering the original sin of nakedness and sexuality, underpins much of Christian thinking on sex. This carnal awareness draws upon the biblical narrative of shame in Adam and Eve. Where one’s home/castle is reckoned to be a private space, anything beyond that could be considered to be in the public realm, that is streets and other open spaces where people freely traverse.Īrtist interpretation of nude bathing ban signage Naturism is synonymous to nudism, with the emphasis placed on being naked outdoors, that is in nature. Nudism essentially involves the activity of being naked in a public place, for arguably most people are naked on occasions, in private, as they wash themselves and dress. (The sight of it as an object stimulates the use of it as an object.) Nakedness reveals itself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself. Drawing upon this, John Berger in Ways of Seeing (1972) asserts: This distinction was emphasised by Sir Kenneth Clark in his The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). Contrarily, a naked person is simply a person unadorned, without clothes. This can be appreciated in respect of art history where the nude model poses before the artist as he fashions his representation. First, nude as in nudity is performative. To proceed further here, I will clarify several terms related to nudity that may cause confusion.
‘Half-caste’ children from The Bungalow, Alice Springs, 1923
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