We can read a nude picture in 3 ways. But how do signs play a part in the ‘reading’ of these?
Art appreciation - the viewer looks upon the nude as a work of art.
Gazing upon gazing again - the viewer looks upon the nude through a peephole. This gives a sense of voyeurism and seems erotic.
Guilty viewing - The viewer appears to be spying on the nude. This is gritty voyeurism; unauthorized.
Naked or Nude?
A nude drawing has these traits:
~Engaging the audience; eye contact
~ An element of grace
~ Strong humanity
~Manipulated lighting
~ Sensual
~Full body image
~Welcoming body language
~Timeless
~Give the appearance that they have never been clothed
~Romanticised background
~lit from the top-front-left
A drawing can be classified as naked if they have these traits:
~No eye contact
~Angle of view
~Clinical/cold lighting
~Confronting
~Cropped image
~Submissive views
~Snapshot
~Specific moment
~Specific place
~Evidence that they have lost their clothes
~Not lit from the top-front-left
Art appreciation - the viewer looks upon the nude as a work of art.
Gazing upon gazing again - the viewer looks upon the nude through a peephole. This gives a sense of voyeurism and seems erotic.
Guilty viewing - The viewer appears to be spying on the nude. This is gritty voyeurism; unauthorized.
Naked or Nude?
A nude drawing has these traits:
~Engaging the audience; eye contact
~ An element of grace
~ Strong humanity
~Manipulated lighting
~ Sensual
~Full body image
~Welcoming body language
~Timeless
~Give the appearance that they have never been clothed
~Romanticised background
~lit from the top-front-left
A drawing can be classified as naked if they have these traits:
~No eye contact
~Angle of view
~Clinical/cold lighting
~Confronting
~Cropped image
~Submissive views
~Snapshot
~Specific moment
~Specific place
~Evidence that they have lost their clothes
~Not lit from the top-front-left
