Nude Body painting is a kind of expression which incorporates the painting of the human body in a naked form on the canvas. Nude body painting is believed to be one of the oldest forms of art. In fact, the immense possibilities of self-expression that are possible in a nude body painting have attracted many artists down the ages.
Though some feel that these paintings have sexual connotations, but that is a very narrow way of looking at such masterpieces of art. While painting painters accept the body as it is and do not like to incorporate worldly realities into it.Nude paintings were very popular in France during the 19 th century. Nude paintings were done in oil paints and watercolors. Body painting with clay or other natural pigments is quite common among the tribal people even today. The colors used for nude body painting are generally very bright, last longer and have a high resolution. Body painting has seen a revival in the western societies since 1960's. Body painting does not always include nude bodies but it also includes face painting and tattoos.
The female body has always been an interesting topic for painters down the ages. Painters like Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto, Paul Cezanne, Jacques Blanchard, Rembrandt, Picasso, Salvador Dali and many others have made beautiful paintings of the female body. Nude body paintings were and will always remain a matter of controversy.
