Gustavo Ramirez

CRN:16105

10/21/15

Annotated Bibliography
Art. (n.d.). Merriam Webster. Retrieved October 28, 2015, from http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/art
The website Merriam Webster is about giving definitions to certain words in the case of the
research paper it gives the definition of art. Now this definition is relevant to the research paper
since the definition tells the readers what art is and it gives the foundation of the major theme of
the research paper. Which is art is art and nothing more, even when it does contain nudity.
Associated Press (Producer). (2013). Women from Hindu group protest at exhibition of nude art
[Streaming video]. Retrieved from Associated Press Video Collection database
This video that was in the Association Press Collection database, it is about how women in New
Delhi where offended and made a gallery close momentarily because they protest and stopped
the entrance to the Naked and Nude art exhibition. They believed that that art work was not art
work, it was just an excuse to show women in a bad way. Now this is relevant to the research
paper because it shows that people now days are not willing to see art as art, when it has nudity.

Bey, S. S. (2011). Naked Bodies and Nasty Pictures: Decoding Sex Scripts in Preadolescence,
Re-examining Normative Nudity through Art Education. Studies In Art Education, 52 (3),
196-212
The article from Studies in art Education, is about some preadolescences boys experiences with
nudity. Its also about how applying nudity in art can be a more rich and fulfilling education for
the youth. Now this article is relevant to the research paper since it brings up two very important
points. First it brings up the point that adolescence need the exposure to a rich and full education,
not just a half way education. Secondly it brings up the point that nudity in the art of any art
work has a meaning behind it, it is not just nudity.

Botticellis Birth of Venus. Italian Renaissance. Retrieved October 21, 2015

from http://www.italianrenaissance.org/botticelli-birth-of-venus/
This website, Italian Renaissance, article is about the painting Birth of Venus. It explains the
painting to the smallest detail. Telling the readers what the painting was based on, a poem that
was written by an ancient poet called Homer. Now this article is important to the research since,
the research uses the painting Birth of Venus as example of a painting that has nudity and the
website explains what the painting meant and what it was based on.

Botticelli, S. (1484-86) Birth of Venus. Florence Italy

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This is the painting Birth of Venus. It shows Venus riding a shell to an island. Being blown by the
winds of an angel blowing. Now this painting is relevant to the research since it is given as an
example of a painting that contains nudity. The reason it is give as an example is because it is a
timeless classic that contain nudity and its nudity contains a meaning behind it.

Graves, E. (2003) Life Study: The Nude in Art - a Brief History. Museum
Services Part of Culture and Information. Retrieved from
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/exhibitions/djc/lifestudy/graves/
This website from the University of Dundee form the Unites Kingdom, is about a brief history of
nudity in art in the early days of about 30000-25 B.C to about 1600`s A.C. It gives examples of
different ways humans used nudity in art in the old days. Now this website article is important to
the research paper because it bring certain background information that without it I could say
that nudity in art has always been there.

Yoder, B (2012). Nudity in Art: A Virtue or Vice?. Art Renewal Center.

Retrieved from
http://artrenewal.org/articles/2012/Nudity/Nudity_Virtue_or_Vice.php
This website`s article from the Art Renewal Center is about how nudity in art is virtue since it
can express things that an artist can draw. It is also about how the nudity in art is not sex and vice
versa. Now this website article brings three things to the research paper. One it gives the most
common responses why people say that nudity in art is wrong. Secondly it gives the idea that
nudity does not equal sex. Thirdly it gives different examples of artwork that contain nudity
within it.