Appreciating Zhang Xiaoyu's artistic photos to understand China's "nude art" - the "nude art" was not discovered in China. It originated from Italy and France after the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries, using ancient mythological themes for artistic creation. On one hand, it expressed the beauty of the human body itself, while on the other hand, it conveyed the goodness and evilness of society and humanity. Its emergence broke through the early religious restrictions on asceticism towards the human body. In China, for many years there was no thematic creation related to "nude art". If we must say there was any, then they were only some folk pornographic pictures, medical teaching materials or simulated illustrations. A few decades ago, Liu Haili opened the door to China's nude art by bringing the first live nude model into the studio, which led to his persecution by the warlord Sun Chuanfang. This incident is still a topic of interest for many Chinese people today. In fact, when Liu Haili started using live nude models, he had not yet gone abroad, but he was already influenced by European culture and began trying to bring Europe's expression of nude art to China. That was the early stage of China's nude art. After the reform and opening-up, the thinking of the Chinese people further opened up, and their aesthetic views also improved. The integration with international art made many people start to recognize, accept, and engage in nude art. The public's acceptance has become more inclusive and open.
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