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Paintings of nude standing females women, girls created in the 19th century. Frequent theme of the Academic art. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Subcategories This category has the following 23 subcategories, out of 23 total. Media in category "Paintings of nude standing females in the 19th century" The following files are in this category, out of total. Grottger Phryne. Pantaleon Szyndler-Dziewczyna w kapieli. Szyndler Eve. A esposa de Candaules. A J Chantron Idylle.
The nude figure is a tradition in Western art , and has been used to express ideals of male and female beauty and other human qualities. It was a central preoccupation of Ancient Greek art , and after a semi-dormant period in the Middle Ages returned to a central position in Western art with the Renaissance. Athletes, dancers, and warriors are depicted to express human energy and life, and nudes in various poses may express basic or complex emotions such as pathos. 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. Nude female figures called Venus figurines are found in the art of the Upper Palaeolithic , and in historical times, similar images represent fertility deities. Other significant non-Western traditions of depicting nudes come from India , and Japan, but the nude does not form an important aspect of Chinese art.