Motherhood and fertility are valued in African culture and art. Fertility dolls or motherhood figures are idealized images that carry magical powers.
Later the painting of the nude
Currently our culture idolizes youth, we fight to stay young
In older painting the nude body is emphasized by adornment, i.e. jewelry, scarves, velvet, chiffon.
In the 15th century pictures of women in the nude had a particular shape. This could be because men thought that women were shaped like their clothes
Anne Hollendered - Seeing Through Clothes
Which one was painted first?
Maya clothed and unclothed GOYA 1803
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