Bodypainting day is an annual occurrence on the streets of nyc where volunteer models are painted in the nude as canvas, and organized by body painter andy golub The images here are from the last decade All images are available as prints or for licensing. Original pastel paintings of the male nude and gay themes by artist michael breyette Michael’s art isn’t just homoerotic but tells stories and conveys emotions of gay life and varies from whimsical, fantasy to even the mundane of day to day living. The perfection of the male figure was first seen through the lens of the ancient greeks
Their idealized depictions celebrated the male body as a reflection of heroic and athletic beauty The few female sculptures that existed during this period were clothed and chaste in comparison At some point the male nude fell out of favor, and the female nude became the central subject of. In the region of central and eastern europe the body of the naked man is enriched with further layers of significance In the art of former socialist countries, the naked male body was seen as an expression of enslavement to the patriarchal system, while gender roles are also worthy of examination in this context. Paintpenis presents male body painting with metallic silver or gold
Guglielmo plüschow, untitled (date unknown) the photography of the male nude occupies a rich and multifaceted space in visual history
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