Why do Europeans and Americans like to draw nude pictures since ancient times?

If there is nudity in western art, there are two possibilities. First, the theme of the work is the ancient Greek gods, and second, the style of the work is influenced by ancient Greek art. In short, it is no problem to learn from ancient Greek art.

Naked in ancient Greek art, so first of all, we should explain why there are so many nudes in ancient Greek art. Ancient Greek art is mainly handed down to the world through sculpture, and almost no painting can be handed down to the world.

The only thing we can know about ancient Greek painting is the painting on the ancient Greek pottery bottle. The characters in these two art forms tell us that the ancient Greeks hardly wore clothes at first. They advocate the beauty of the human body.

The book "Naked Art" is likely to have a far-reaching impact on the taste of modern people. I can't imagine anyone who won't learn to look back at the past art with bolder, more passionate and more critical eyes after reading this book, and accept this "living reality" as an aesthetic model with a calm mind without embarrassment.

Naked people in daily life in ancient Greece The ancient Greeks had three public venues, one was a theater, the other was a temple, and the third was a stadium. It must be common sense that ancient Greeks often held sports competitions. They were naked in the sports competition. Their admiration for the winners in sports competitions can reflect their love for bodybuilding.

And their daily clothes are robes. Robes are the costumes of the ancient Greeks, so we can see that the costumes and daily life of the ancient Greeks are all naked or semi-naked, and their love for the body runs through their works of art, but interestingly, they have never seen ugly men, whether they are idols or tombstones, and their bodies are great. Are the owners of tombstones in such good shape?

Obviously impossible, this is because of the high unity of form and content in ancient Greek aesthetic concepts. The art of ancient Greece is unrealistic. They emphasize perfect proportions. The head, trunk, limbs and five senses are all determined by a certain proportion.

Therefore, the art of ancient Greece is equivalent to a skill, and craftsmen learn these proportions in order to carve the most beautiful sculptures. This is the form. Secondly, they should also put on clothes, pose in a certain posture and look like real people. This is the content. During Christmas, I saw many ancient Greek sculptures in Athens Archaeological Museum. I observed them on purpose. Their men's chest and abdomen muscles are similar in position and shape. One thing or two can be seen from some photos I took: Einstein. Liu's photo album shows that they have unified standards for these details.

This pursuit of the beauty of the body of the watch and the quasi-cloud runs through the ancient Greek art. The most advanced skill of ancient Greek sculpture is to show the perfect body even when wearing robes. The beauty of the body is reflected through pleats, and the body is looming and fascinating under pleats.