what do you think??

personally I think there is..

Not imo

I just think "it's a body... so what?"

There's no wow art factor. Boring.

Yes BP......at least you nowhave the perfect excuse for posting ass and titties without being censored LMAO!! clp)

If an image, product or artefact stimulates the intellect, spirit and senses then it may de defined as artin the cultural life of a people (Check_Check 2007).



about the nude:

If it stimulates just the senses,but not theintellect or spirit then it might be ****ography.

If it stimulates the senses and the spirit, it might be just beauty

If you hold that beauty can stimulate the intellect then we are in very choppy waters than candrag us over the niagara thats fascism.

I say lets divide up nudes into either beauty or ****ography and leave it at that. No talk of art, unless we are into blackpower/whitepower/brownpower/mixed race powerpolitics.

aesthetic art yes but are we talking nudity or the art of photography..is there a difference in can you have art in one witout the other.

Incognito..photography is art if it communicates intellect/senses/spirit. A expertly composed photo of a decomposingcorpse is not art, no matter what Daminen Hirst would have us believe. Consequently, what intellectual benefit could be derived from a picture of a naked bum, or a succulent nipple?

Eb0nY wrote:
whats the story behind this photo? it's wonderful. anyone know what peoples they are?

The himba people

Like Ebony said they are from the Himba tribe and are living in the Central African country called Namibia.

And please black power do not post any pictures of any nude non-black people. Same for everyone else.

Nudity itself is not art. However, if it uplifts and instructs. if it first shows spirit. A real attempt at showing meaning and an intent on behalf of the artist to communicate a positive content of great vitality. If it has a subject (other than a nude body) something that is thought-out, the theme to be expressed. if it shows skill. an aptitude of great distinction. without a clear separation between amateur and professional forms, art is no longer emotionally felt and becomes of little or no value because the viewer's reaction is dislike, nonrecognition, confusion or boredom. than there is style which is the originality and character of the work. last there is honor. Honor is the concept of dignity. this is especially true with nudity the work must be a source of glory and esteem to the viewer.

I am not an artist but would like to ask a few questions.

Supposed after an artistic enoounter ones emotions are moved and he either resosnds positively or negatively i.e.the experience is pleasant or unpleasant and based on this we would say his spirit has been moved. But this very movement of spirit is what ives me problems.

My argument is that this so called movement of the spirit is dependent on ones state of mind hence the intellect. Watching people burn in gas chambers probably amused Hitler and his friends, moved his spirit, and made him quite happy - and they probably thought it was a work of art. In a similar way we have exhibitions in London where a soiled bed is considered a workof art. The very same exhitbion could make majority of us (one would hope) physically sick. Hence, the definition of what is art should not be based on only what move the spirit.

Art should go with moral values into what is acceptable - infact what brings us joy speaks volume to what values we hold on to. Any reasonable dignified individual, with a working mind would not be freely willing to expose his/her nakedness. Public display of nakedness goes hand in hand with metal disfunction however mild or subtle it may be. And the people who enjoy viewing it are those who are feeding their own sickness of the soul in the form of uncontrolled sexual passions. It is one thing to watch such things and realise that it is wrong to do so and keep the shame concealed but it is a totally different ball game to make it ocially acceptable through the use of words such as arts etc.

Displayersof nudity are sicks, its viewers are sick, and this sickness is of many levels. The biggest sickness is that of denial.

Regards
lol flow-unclever

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