No nudity means no bare breasts, genital areas or buttocks. We reserve the right to refuse entry to any image which does not comply with the spirit of the phrase 'no nudity'.

My picture was refused in the first time and after correction was accepted. In my first version the nipples are covered with hair only.
I wanted to know what is the culture about nudity in USA. In France it will be accepted..
You can see the whole picture here: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=695087&Start=1&Sectionid=2&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes

I'm just interested to learn what is nudity between men and woman. And what's the definition of nudity in the American Academy of Art? How far you can go? When the picture will be see as pornographic or only subjective or as Art?

Thanks to discuss with me

Amicalement

Jo3l

I'm not sure about the Academy of Art's definition but I can give you our household definition. In our house "nudity" is any image which intends to arouse an individual. Pubic hair and nipples can be classified as nudity depending on the situation. I don't think there is a clear cut definition of nudity. That's just my opinion though. I like your picture. The "nudity" one at least. Very nice work. Kristta

Well "nude" in my book means no clothes, so your first attempt definitely contained nudity. Good luck with the contest... it's a very beautiful image.

Your image does indeed contain nudity. From the dictionary: nudity That which is nude or naked; naked part; undraped or unclothed portion; esp. (Fine Arts), the human figure represented unclothed; any representation of nakedness; -- chiefly used in the plural and in a bad sense. There are no such licenses permitted in poetry any more than in painting, to design and color obscene nudities. --Dryden.

Hi, My base view on nudity would be the no clothes statement :) It's pretty clear in the description you quoted from the contest, 'No nudity means no bare breasts, genital areas or buttocks. ' The first version quite clearly has no clothes on either breasts or genital region even though you cannot directly see the genitalia. BTW, I think both versions are great, to me the lighting shows more depth in the original....

"No bare breasts" Where I come from the breast is the whole thing that fits in a bra, not just the nipples. :-D Nice images also.

First off, we don't even have an academy of arts to set standards in this country. The closest thing is the academy of motion pictures that sets standards for film. For the most part females must cover what a bikini covers or better to be clothed. A significant portion of the breast as well as the nipple should be covered. The pubic area and crack of the buttocks must also be covered. Males must cover only the bottom part although I've seen men with bigger breasts than some girls I dated in High School. There are exceptions to the rule. Florida allows thongs, which leaves the buttocks uncovered. New Orleans allows females to flash breasts for up to 3 seconds during Mardi Gras without being indecent in public. You can also do whatever you want on private property as long as you protect the public from seeing you.

I actually like the clothed version better that is really well painted!

I think this thread is mixing up 'nudity' with 'pornography'

IMO nudity is the human form without clothes.
Pornography is the human form with or without clothes but posed in such a way as to sexually arouse the viewer and/or the artist.

On this point and in this context I am of the opinion that some recent posts are of a purely pornographic nature (as well as being lacking in the 'Nudity' tag department) and should be removed or at least modified in the same way as jo3l has modified the above work.

Personaly, I don't think either of the ladies above are pornographic, the pregnant female form is a thing of beauty clothed or unclothed.

However, we should perhaps take into account that there are those more broadminded than me who would view these as porn and get aroused, just as there will be those who might see them as simply nude and therefore offensive.

I think the answer here is to 'cover-up' on this site and do what you like on your own site.

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some large corporations can't seperate the two, so no matter what I may think, I can't open anything with 'nudity' on it at work..that's what the home is for..;) And the missus takes a dim view of that sort of viewing..so I tend to excercise discretion (probably the only excercise I get..;) Great pic, btw..;)

Whats the difference between this and what Demi Moore had pasted all over magazines and newpapers for so long a time. I look at the face and the mood of this image and see serenity.Nothing more.Well... I see a beautiful picture.

Thanks you for all the comment.
There are different meanings. When I create my picture i didn't see the nacked wowen as a nudity but as a part of the composition. The composition is like a sculpture.

For exemple when you do a sculpture and you pose (to show the nature of the "form", The most beautiful is human form, the most estethic) your model and the texture is marbel it will accepted. What the difference? Only the texture. So we can say that a nudity is a nude only when the model looks like a real person? It was also a big discussion for 120 year in France. A lot of picture and sculpture was refused because of the nudity.

I posted long time ago " the spirit of the hill" The model was nacked but the texture was from Stone. Some people will see nudity on it for sure. Where is the difference?