African women sleeping nude

Nudity , or nakedness , is a state of being in which a human person is not wearing clothing , or more specifically not covering the genitals. For humans, nudity and clothing are connected to cultural categories such as identity, values, and moral behavior. In Western societies , there are two contradictory cultural traditions relating to nudity. The first comes from the ancient Greeks , who saw the naked body as the natural state and as essentially positive.

In Nude in a Black Chair , which is dated 9 March , the sleeping woman, who seems to swell and unfurl like a growing plant within the elastic cocoon of her skin, sprouts philodendron leaves from beneath her breast as if she were a goddess of the plant kingdom. The identification is total in paintings where parts of her body are metaphorically equated with fertile cells, sprouting seeds, ripe fruit, verdant foliage and so forth. In one extraordinary emblem-painting of spring , Reclining Nude the consummation of the union between woman and nature depends not only on the transparency of the metaphors profile as silvery half-moon, breasts as brimming cells, stomach and pubis as fledgling bird, arm as sprouting seed, leg as unfurling leaf, et cetera , but on the way the rhythmically undulating contours bind the disparate parts together. It is as if we are witness to a metamorphosis activated by the burning sun framed in the glasshouse window, a metamorphosis which produces waves of life-giving energy symbolized in the sizzling patterns of fire and vapour dancing against the wall behind. This kind of symbolic imagery was the hallmark of Joan Miro 's Surrealist painting: in Nude, , for instance, the head is also an egg, the waving hair a flag, the body a seal, the sex a leaf and so on.

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By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail. Skip the flannel pajamas and over-sized t-shirts — experts say sleeping au naturel is better for your health. Researchers found that sleeping naked is not only comfortable, but it regulates your skin temperature, preventing you from waking in the middle of the night. Forgoing clothes at bedtime also keeps bacteria that thrive in warm moist areas at bay, and it boosts your immune system if you sleep naked with your partner. Scroll down for video.