NUDITY IN CHRISTIAN ART
(I haven’t thoroughly researched this: this is just some things I happen to run across while researching other subjects.)
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # CS007254, The Penitent Magdalene by Titian, Saint Mary Magdalene, ca. 1540-1560, Christian art:
Well, it’s erotic related by today’s Church standards.
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # MI002743, Female Figure from the Duomo Cappella del Tesoro di San Gennaro, Located in: Cathedral of San Gennaro, Christian art:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # AJ002086, Detail Showing Figures from Sculptural Program at the Oratorio di San Lorenzo by Giacomo Serpotta, Palermo, Italy, Christian art:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # AU002027, Vienna's Coat of Arms from a 17th Century Book of Heraldry, Date Created: Between 1626-1736, Christian art, Cherubs:
http://pro.corbis.com/; Search # EL004942; Detail with Grotesques from a Decorated Chapel with Stuccowork and a Fresco with Saints and the Birth of Saint John the Baptist; Date Created: 17th century; Located in: Pieta Chapel, Savings Bank; Christian art; Cherubs, topless:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/oxford/colleges/christ_church/library/interior_upper/sculptures/P1011600.JPG:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # AV004194, Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Francis van Bossuit, 17th century, Christian art:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # DE003513, Allegory of Education by Francesco Queirolo, Located in: Cappella di Santa Maria Della Pieta dei Sangro (Sansevero Chapel, Naples, Italy), 18th century, Christian art, Jesus Christ:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # DE004057, Detail of Veiled Modesty by Antonio Corradini, Located in: Cappella di Santa Maria Della Pieta dei Sangro (Sansevero Chapel, Naples, Italy), ca. 1668-1752, Christian art:
Compare to pagan art:
http://latein-pagina.de/ovid/ovid_m3.htm, (German):
In ihrer Ekstase halten die Bacchantinnen Pentheus für einen Eber. (Mänaden – römische Kopien aus dem 5. Jhdt. P. Chr.) Ovid. Met. III, 714
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # VR002855, Sculpture on Church, 1255-1269, Christian art:
Sculpture on Matthias Church in Budapest.
Compare to pagan art:
http://www.talariaenterprises.com/product_lists/greek_wall_pg2.html, Greco-Roman Wall Reliefs - Page 2, “Bacchantes (Nikes) and Bull Wall Relief”:
http://pro.corbis.com/, Search # DE004240, Painting of a Frieze Fragment from a Room in Lazio by Giulio Aristide Sartorio, 1905 (date of painting), Christian art:
That looks rather erotic.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/church/donatello_pulpits/dsc08155.JPG:
Those upper areas look like Cupids and others having an orgy:
Fundamentals of Human Sexuality, Katchadourian, 1989, p. 584, “The Middle Ages”:
Human Sexuality, Masters / Johnson / Kolodny, 1992, p. 11, “Medieval and Renaissance Thought”:
Fundamentals of Human Sexuality, Katchadourian, 1989, p. 593, “The Nineteenth Century”:
Human Sexuality, Masters / Johnson / Kolodny, 1992, p. 11, “The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”:
Human Sexuality, Luria / Friedman / Rose, 1987, p. 10:
Pp. 10-11:
The Jonah Sarcophagus, Vatican cemetery (late 3rd century):
http://arts.unomaha.edu/art/SOWELL/ART4750/jonahsarc.html (via http://arts.unomaha.edu/art/SOWELL/ART4750/4750ss1.html#sarc), Early Christian Sarcophagi, “FRIEZE SARCOPHAGUS WITH JONAH, 3RD C.”:
What Old Testament figure is represented on this sarcophagus? Why would his story be appropriate in a funerary context? How does his pose make connection to pagan imagery?
http://www.livius.org/jo-jz/jonah/jonah-sarcophagus.html, The Jonah Sarcophagus:
This Christian sarcophagus was made in the third century and used to be in the Lateran Museum, but has been transferred to the Vatican.
http://www.livius.org/a/1/judaea/mainz_jona_1_rgzm.JPG:
http://www.livius.org/a/1/judaea/mainz_jona_2_rgzm.JPG:
