Controversy: The Importance Of Teaching To Nude Art

Now, the NEA wants to show the audience what they have developed. They want the audience to be entertained by the gorgeous amount of work of the art. The NEA also limits the graphics of nudity to show the public. According to Parachini, Allen in source C, “including, but not limited to, depictions of sadomasochism, homoeroticism, and the sexual exploitation of children or individuals engaged in sex acts.” Relating to the NEA it states to not let the children or public feel discouraged to have

It is now so deeply integrated in our society that a piece of entertainment loses its value when nudity is not present in some form. With all this nudity floating around,one may ask what role does it play in displaying the message of the image. Nudity itself is a challenging ideology to our society, the line between appropriate vs inappropriate and acceptable versis unacceptable have seem to grow thin. The act of nudity can represent a multitude of ideology before being nude was seen as sacred and the act of being seen nude especially in public was forbidden.But as the narrative has evolved overtime being nude is now correlated to being free and open minded. Being nude in our society is expressing yourself in a manner that you deem acceptable, that we shouldn't lot be limited to what society deems appropriate. It is actually a very selfish narrative where everything revolves around the person and his or her personal goals.Marita Sturkin and Lisa Cartwright hit on the ideology of individual in the “Practices of Looking,” “One could say that ideology is the means by which certain values, such as individual freedom, progress, and the importance of home, are made to seem like natural, inevitable aspects of everyday life (Sturkin & Cartwright 21).” This kind of egocentric narrative is present in the Rolling Stone cover when dissected fully,and it shows how the narrative in America is more like me, me, me instead of us, us, us. Even though nudity is now somewhat encouraged by our entertainment, there are still levels to nudity. In most cases when a woman is presented nude she is usually presented in a way that is not too exposing, just as Julia Dreyfus is doing in the cover. This is due to the fact that there is still a

Sally Mann’s child photography should not be censored due to other people’s views or distaste for her child photography. She has the right to express her love for her children and herself through the arts. As a mother, she experienced a significant amount of backlash which is a common narrative in current society. By censoring her form of expression of her kids, we are restricting the mother’s right over her children. As a matter of fact, a large negative criticism of Sally Mann’s photos is that many consider her child photography to be obscene when in fact it is not obscene. According to a court case called Miller vs. California, art is only considered obscene if it meets all of the following criteria: 1) the average person finds the art lustful with prurient interest, 2) the art is offensive and displays any sexual conduct that is defined by the state law, and 3) the art lacks artistic, literary, political, or scientific value. Sally Mann’s child photography does not meet the criteria since the average person does not find her work to be salacious, the art displays no sexual conduct or penetration in any form, and her work lacks no artistic value. In fact, her art displayed a significant amount of artistic value due to the controversy and her way of challenging the hegemonic ideals of society. Thus, her work should not be censored because it is not considered obscene in the state law.

The reading claims that nudes throughout artistic history have been an important source of beauty and controversy. Nudes began to spike during the Baroque period as they were used for the more expressive and emotional arts of the time. In the nineteenth century, nudes became more common, yet became more sensitive. Artists would train by drawing nudes of ancient Greek statues and figures from myth. However, many artists would then move on to create works depicting prostitutes or peasant naked women. This would not please patrons as they were extremely societally taboo. However, this did not start artists from making them, as they moved into the twentieth and twenty-first century. This shows the importance of artistic nudes and their impact

The authors wrote a very powerful article which contained many strengthens and very few weaknesses. I believe the authors best asset is as a result of this topic is so controversial, there are an even amount of representation of cases were art remained on display, and when exhibits were closed. In the text, there are two examples of where art was put on trial, but remained on display due to an artist right to freedom of expression. On the other hand, there were two cases were the art was taken down because it was too explicit for the

Children’s innocence must be protected by censorship. The debate on whether censorship is beneficial to society often compiles to a few main reasons. Subjects like freedom of speech, women’s rights, and children’s innocence is brought into question when discussing censorship. It is an important debate because what is censored influences societal beliefs of what is right and wrong. It decides what truths are revealed publicly. Some people think censorship is beneficial because it supposedly protects children, but it is actually useless because it underestimates children’s tolerance, witholds information, oversexualizes women, and sugarcoats the truth.

There is more to obscenity than one thinks. I learned about Roth v United States (1957) and Miller v California (1973) and the tests created as a result of each obscenity case. My understanding of obscenity has expanded because originally, I thought obscenity was just pornography and taboo but actually it is anything that is consider obscene such as specific behavior, language and images. I think nudity is less dangerous than I originally thought because nudity is not sex, even though the majority of the people do associate the two together for some reason. Thanks to the Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc. (1991) case, I have a better understanding of nudity since that case shows both sides towards nudity. Thanks to my changed perception, I now watch

In the censorship arena, there are variety of controversial, hateful and inappropriate topics debated for subjectivity. Yet, child pornography became the “leading rationale for censorship” and was outlawed in 1982 by New York vs. Ferber (Mintcheva, p.167; Adler, p.228). Children are one of the most exposed demographics in society because they don’t have autonomy and are reliant on adults. Thus, the child pornography law aimed to prevent sexual abuse and molestation. Amy Adler, contributor to Censoring Culture, argues that child pornography law is self-indulgent and further exacerbates the problem by bringing it into the public eye (Adler, p. 229). She also cites taking on the “gaze of the pedophile” as part of the problem. By stooping to the level of a sexual predator, courts and policy makers are making the problem worse. In an arena like the arts, where nudity and vulnerability are king, this controversy over what is pornography is especially delicate.

Controversial pieces of art are nothing new; artists express their opinions and beliefs in their work, and those who see the artist’s views as problematic speak out against it. Art encourages debate, and debates can be angry and emotion-driven. But when a piece of art is created that is almost universality looked upon as having corrupt morals, the debate tends to switch “I disagree with what this art portrays” to, “this work of art should not be allowed in society, regardless of its quality.”

Naked pictures and sex scandals, what do people usually do when they heard one or seen one? Some are hysterical, some may say “yuck”, some are disgusted and some will surely avoid the topic. For the past years until now, pornography is a big controversy. Pornography as define by Meriam Webster’s Dictionary is an act of showing or describing naked people or sex in an open and direct way and it may be in the form of movie, picture, magazine, etcetera. And pornography as all people know is a kind of immorality, an obscenity but for others, it is not.

Seated Nude is a terracotta sculpture on a black marble base. Housed at the Museum of Modern art it stands 6” long 8 1/8” tall and 3 ½” wide. The piece features a woman seated on a ground with her right arm extended back propping her up. Her other arm is bent and behind her head. The left leg is bent in an inverted “V” with her foot on the ground. The right leg is bent lying flat on the ground and going in-between the “V” of her other leg. Her face, hair, hands, and feet are not heavily detailed; however her features are clearly defined. The hair is pulled back with rounded hair in a circle around her head,

This question was made to get past the “ I’ll know it when I see it” (TTU Political Science Department 2015) viewpoint and get straight down to the point of the object under scrutiny. The second one is,” does it describe or depict sexual conduct in an offensive way?” (TTU Political Science Department 2015) Albeit, the word offensive can vary from person to person but using the previous example the painting was of a Greek sculpture, and no graphic words were added to the painting. The reason for this question is to show the meaning behind the work which helps aid in the third question.  Finally, the third is “does the work lack any artistic, political, literary or scientific value?” (TTU Political Science Department 2015) The last question is meant to tie all of the previous questions

There will be bad character, ill-discipline, meanness, and ugliness unavoidably invading the lives of the children because that's the way people are. The reason that artist might choose to represent those aspects in their artwork is that it is a reflection of life. The work is a manifestation of the artist subjective perspective of their reality and to think that is possible to conceal those parts of life from a child is naive, and the efforts of your censorship with be fruitless. Banksy once said, “ Art must confront the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” When one sees this disturbing and disgusting pieces, they must realize, under the penalty of meaninglessness, that it is an artist's response and is provoking the viewer's rebuttal. The world shall exist the way until the cleansing fire of Zorp releases from the perils of our mortal shackles. To live fully and unequivocally true, we must not shield ourselves from the poets that don't portray good character and expose our minds and our children to the artist that do unveil bad character, ill-discipline, meanness or ugliness in painting, sculpture, architecture, or any work of art: we must be

Artist and people viewing the art work have always had a fascination with the female nude. Even when I was a child my attention was captured by the nude art not because I was a kid and I saw a nude lady , but it forced me to wonder more about why the female nude was so amazing as a tool for art and why this is repeated so many times throughout the centuries. One female nude painting in particular was the subject of controversy and exposed the syncretism and or the power of the female nude painting.

In recent years, pornography has established itself as perhaps the most controversial topic arising out of the use of the Internet. The easy availability of this type of sexually explicit material has caused a panic among government officials, family groups, religious groups and law enforcement bodies and this panic has been perpetuated in the media.