A woman photographer captures the essence of female sensuality

Christa Meola - Woman photographer of women

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Woman as Complex System

It seems that many men look at nude images with the implication they are dominant in the seduction process. But a fairly new representation of women shows them to be complex beings whose sexual beings are mysterious and leave men frustrated: hence, the reaction of the fantasy of the seducer.

Courtesy of Model Society - What is permissible on facebook?

Interestingly, this image is considered permissible to be shown on Facebook. What are the precise rules that determine when the amount of nudity of a photograph transgresses facebook regulations? And is the policy the same for paintings?

Fertility Goddess

Kenneth Clark on the conception of "The Nude"

The English language, with its elaborate generosity, distinguishes between the naked and the nude. To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word "nude," on the other hand, carries, in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone. The vague image it projects into the mind is not of a huddled and defenseless body, but of a balanced, prosperous, and confident body: the body re-formed. In fact, the word was forced into our vocabulary by critics of the early eighteenth century to persuade the artless islanders [of the UK] that, in countries where painting and sculpture were practiced and valued as they should be, the naked human body was the central subject of art