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art genre for works that have as their primary subject the unclothed human body
A nude is an artwork in which the unclothed human body is the main focus or subject. This genre has been important throughout art history as artists have used it to explore the human form, anatomy, and the figure itself as a central artistic concern.
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David (1504) "And what barbarous judge is there that cannot understand that the foot of a man is more noble than his shoe? His skin than that of the sheep from which his clothes are made?"— Michelangelo
The nude, as a form of visual art that focuses on the unclothed human figure, is an enduring tradition in Western art. It was a preoccupation of Ancient Greek art, and after a semi-dormant period in the Middle Ages returned to a central position with the Renaissance. Unclothed figures often also play a part in other types of art, such as history painting, including allegorical and religious art, portraiture, or the decorative arts. From prehistory to the earliest civilizations, nude female figures were generally understood to be symbols of fertility or well-being.