nude

Artistic subject basis

Record whether nude denotes the work's subject, its catalogue category or merely wording associated with it.

1. Does nude here denote an artistic depiction, a subject category or another sense? definition
2. Which inspected work, catalogue record or creator statement supports this classification? provenance

Centrality and overlap

Record whether the figure is central and whether artistic, instructional or erotic classifications coexist.

1. Is the unclothed figure a principal subject or an incidental element of another subject? boundary
2. What evidence supports or limits overlapping classification as a life study, anatomical illustration or erotic work? boundary

Figure-specific exposure

Record coverage separately for each relevant figure and distinguish concealment within the work from cropping of its reproduction.

1. Which figures are unclothed or partially clothed, and which are too obscured to assess? measurement
2. Does concealment result from clothing, drapery, pose, an object, the original framing or a later crop? boundary

Compositional body

Record pose, viewpoint and stylisation as observable properties before attaching symbolic or psychological meanings.

1. How are the figure's posture, orientation and extent of framing arranged? measurement
2. What supports identifying an abstracted or fragmentary form as an unclothed human figure? definition

Identity evidence

Record separately any documented sitter and the identity assigned to the depicted figure; preserve anonymity and disputed attribution.

1. Is the represented figure a documented person, named character, allegory, composite or unidentified figure? definition
2. Which evidence links a real sitter or reference image to this depiction, and how certain is that link? provenance

Contextual reading

Keep creator statements, institutional descriptions and later interpretations distinguishable, including disagreements about eroticism or idealisation.

1. Which sources support interpreting the nudity as academic, mythological, religious, erotic or otherwise meaningful? provenance
2. Where do documented audiences or interpreters disagree about what the unclothed figure signifies? boundary

Assessment target

Distinguish the work from a study, replica, edition, photograph or digital reproduction used to inspect it.

1. Is the assessed object the nude work itself, a related study or a reproduction of another work? boundary
2. Which collection record or other identifier links the inspected representation to its underlying work? provenance

Visibility change history

Record cropping, overpainting, added coverings, retouching or other changes without assuming that every alteration constitutes censorship.

1. What documented alterations changed the visibility or form of the unclothed figure? provenance
2. Which version should be shown for the proposed purpose, and what alteration should its caption disclose? action

Depiction and use permissions

Distinguish evidence of participation in making a nude from evidence authorising a particular publication or reuse.

1. For an identifiable sitter, what documentation addresses creation of the depiction and the proposed use separately? provenance
2. If age or circumstances of depiction matter to the proposed use, what reliable evidence establishes them without inference from appearance? provenance

Context-specific handling

Assess the intended audience, venue and reuse against applicable conditions while preserving the work's documented context.

1. Which documented rights, sitter-related conditions and venue requirements apply to the proposed display or reuse? action
2. What contextual caption, access treatment or disclosure of cropping is appropriate for that specific presentation? action

Check these first

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• The missing sense leaves ambiguity: this answer interprets 'nude' as an artwork or artistic subject, rather than a color term or specifically an intimate photograph.
• Listed kinds overlap: medium and pose are independent classification dimensions.
• No sources were consulted; the registry's intended scope and treatment of partially draped figures should be checked.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

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• Painted nude
• Sculptural nude
• Photographic nude
• Drawn nude
• Reclining nude
• Standing nude

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

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• Museum accession number - Institution-specific identifier, sometimes combining acquisition year and sequence numbers - Identifies a particular collection object, not the nude as a subject category.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

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• Study and teaching of human anatomy, proportion and figure representation
• Expression of aesthetic ideals concerning the human body
• Representation of mythological, religious or allegorical subjects
• Exploration of identity, sexuality, vulnerability and bodily experience
• Collection, exhibition and art-historical interpretation

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

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• Confusing an artistic subject category with a person's physical state of undress
• Treating nudity alone as sufficient evidence that an artwork is pornographic
• Creating or circulating identifiable nude images without the depicted person's consent
• Conflating an original artwork with its reproductions, editions or digital files
• Applying a single cultural ideal of the body to works from different traditions

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

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• The nude has a particularly established place as an academic genre in European art traditions; other traditions organize representations of unclothed bodies differently.
• Expectations about public display and interpretation vary across cultural, religious and institutional settings.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

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• Nudity - Nudity is a state of being unclothed; a nude in this sense is a representation of that state.
• Life drawing - Life drawing is drawing from a living model, who may be clothed; a nude can be made without a live model and in other media.
• Portrait - A portrait represents a particular individual's identity; a nude is classified by the unclothed figure and may also be a portrait.
• Erotic art - Erotic art foregrounds sexual desire or experience; a nude need not have an erotic purpose.
• Anatomical illustration - An anatomical illustration primarily communicates bodily structure; an unclothed figure alone does not establish that instructional purpose.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of nude this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance