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Discuss the ‘Homoerotic Nude’ At the Beginning of the 19th Century.
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DISCUSS THE 'HOMOEROTIC NUDE' AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY. At the beginning of 19th Century, there was a shift amongst some artists in the portrayal of the male nude; they ignored the traditional neoclassical aesthetic of masculine and stoic forms, and instead pursued an essentially feminised, more sensual male nude. This feminised form was a result of idealising the nude, influenced from the Platonic notion of a higher realm in which truth equals beauty equals wisdom. Platonic philosophy believes art to be merely a copy from a copy of the ideal realm; hence, the artist should paint an idealised image of what he sees. Therefore, some artists chose to idealise the male form into something of perfection and beauty in order to convey strength, as opposed to the traditional use of muscular forms. Some believe these idealised male forms to be homoerotic, due to their effeminate nature and lack of...
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