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The Full Monty

Naked or nude? Erotic or obscene? The human body is a subject of debate, excitement, desire, and occasional digust

Art and nudity share a long history. Beginning with the Cycladic idols, and throughout the Greek and Roman periods, the naked human form was widely drawn, painted, carved, and admired. But it disappeared from public art until the Renaissance, the victim of a prudish Catholic Church and the rise of an even stricter Islam which banned any depiction of the human form. In recent years, artists have carried the obsession to ever more creative heights, as in the work of Spencer Tunick, whose photographs of nude crowds in major cities worldwide have earned him a kind of naked glory.

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April 2008
- Pam Bares All for Hef's Birthday
  
  newser | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Apr 7, 08 12:59 PM CDT
  
  Pamela Anderson's birthday present to Hugh Hefner might have killed your average 82-year-old: The bottle blonde double-D surprised the "stunned" Playboy founder in his hotel room Saturday night with a private, naked lap dance, the Las-Vegas Review-Journal reports. More »
March 2008
- Naughty Playboy Goes Nice
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 28, 08 5:15 PM CDT
  
  A Philippines edition of dependably naughty Playboy magazine launches Thursday, but fans looking for flesh can forget it, Reuters reports. Instead of aiming at lads, the mag targets mature dads, and religious considerations mean full-frontal nudity is a no-no. It’ll burst instead with well-written articles on “everything under the sun of interest to men,” the editor says. More »
- Beloved Brit Painting Once Owned by Hitler
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Mar 28, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  A nude painting of Venus on display in London's National Gallery for 45 years—one of the gallery's most popular works—turns out to have been once owned by Adolf Hitler. The whimsical Cupid Complaining to Venus, by German master Lucas Cranach, was given to Hitler by a prominent Nazi and hung in his apartment in Munich, the Guardian reports. More »
- Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT
  
  A black-and-white photograph of Carla Bruni will go up for sale at an auction next month, Reuters reports. Christie’s expects the portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's bride to attract a final bid of $3,000 to $4,000, and the auction house's announcement of the sale on the eve of a state visit to the UK isn't sitting well with the subject, the Daily Mail reports. More »
February 2008
- Nude Lohan Pics Clone Epic Monroe Shoot
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 19, 08 4:56 AM CST
  
  Celebrity photographer Bert Stern has proved that he still prefers his blonds nude, snapping revealing pictures of Lindsay Lohan for New York magazine in a recreation of his famous 1962 Marilyn Monroe photo shoot. In the original, Monroe posed with only a few scarves and a glass of champagne. Blond wig notwithstanding, Lohan appears as bare as Monroe, AP reports. More »
- A&F Obscenity Charges Dropped
  
  newser | Virginian-Pilot | Feb 5, 08 12:20 PM CST
  
  The city of Virginia Beach will not pursue obscenity charges brought against an Abercrombie & Fitch store manager because of posters depicting scantily clad models. One offending poster—used all over the country—showed three shirtless men, one with his jeans pulled well below his waist. A city lawyer said it would be difficult to prove the material was obscene, reports the Virginian-Pilot . More »
December 2007
- French Library Loosens Morals, Unveils Erotica
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Dec 4, 07 11:15 AM CST
  
  Turns out the auguste Bibliothèque Nationale has one of the world's biggest official collections of pornographic books and prints, and today it's going on view—to those over 16—for the first time in 170 years. The erotic works, which have been hidden away in a section called l'enfer , or Hell, include works by respected authors like Voltaire and Apollinaire alongside pulp fiction and graphic depictions of sex. More »
November 2007
- Too Skimpy for Plane, Just Right for Playboy
  
  newser | USA Today | Nov 17, 07 2:40 PM CST
  
  Kyla Ebbert's outfits just keeping getting skimpier. The 23-year-old California woman who nearly got booted from a Southwest Airlines flight because she wore clothes deemed too revealing has now posed for Playboy in the nude. "They're very tastefully done," she said of the photos. Southwest holds no grudges. "We wish her all the best," said a spokesman. More »
- Wizard Hits Broadway in the Buff
  
  newser | BBC | Nov 5, 07 7:44 PM CST
  
  Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will hit the Great White Way when Equus opens in New York next year. Radcliffe appeared in the 8-week London run of Peter Schaffer's play this year, garnering attention for showing his wand and quaffles in a nude scene. "I'm obviously nervous but I'm very very excited," said Radcliffe. More »
October 2007
- Body-Imaging Scanner Enters Airport Testing
  
  newser | Associated Press | Oct 11, 07 2:45 PM CDT
  
  The federal government today begins testing a device that could replace metal detectors and pat-downs at airports around the country, the AP reports. The scanners produce full-body images of passengers, sans clothing. Privacy advocates are feeling sheepish. “These are virtual strip searches,” one said. “If Playboy published them, there would be politicians out there saying they're pornographic.” More »
September 2007
- Nudie Pic Threatens High School Musical
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Sep 10, 07 3:29 AM CDT
  
  Disney’s squeaky-clean billion-dollar High School Musical franchise has been staggered by an amateur nude photo of star Vanessa Hudgens making the rounds on the internet. So far The Mouse is backing Hudgens, but the shot has been ripped by parents. Hudgens is negotiating for the third Musical installment, but some blogs report Disney is now considering Adrienne Ballon of The Cheetah Girls . More »
August 2007
- Iconic Baby, Now a Teen, Feels 'Creepy'
  
  newser | MTV | Aug 23, 07 5:06 PM CDT
  
  One of rock music’s most famous cover subjects is a little leery of his past. Spencer Elden was 3 months old when he appeared naked as a money-grubbing underwater baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind; now he says the photo, on an album that sold tens of millions of copies, may make him “the world’s biggest porn star,” MTV News reports. More »
- Global Warming Protesters B-r-r All on Glacier
  
  newser | Associated Press | Aug 19, 07 10:39 AM CDT
  
  Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees. More »
June 2007
- Israel: Land of Milk and Honeys
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jun 21, 07 8:01 AM CDT
  
  As if it didn't have anything else to do, the Israeli parliament is embroiled in a flap over an American skin mag. Maxim is about to publish an article on "the Women of the Israel Defense Force," featuring the Hebrew hotties in stages of undress some back home are calling unkosher. More »
May 2007
- Polish Artist Installs Huge Nude Balloon in Italy
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 11, 07 3:51 PM CDT
  
  Polish artist Pawel Althamer has placed a 70-foot long nude balloon in a plaza in Milan. It is a self-portrait of the artist. In Italy such a sculpture is "nothing new." A passing American commented that it "wouldn't fly" in the U.S. More »
- German Students Do Full Monty
  
  newser | Der Spiegel | May 9, 07 5:44 PM CDT
  
  German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend to have somewhat more toned physique," Der Spiegel reports. More »
- Mexicans Stand for Art, Nudity
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 7, 07 10:00 AM CDT
  
  A mob of some 20,000 Mexicans stormed the capital yesterday morning not to protest, but to show off their birthday suits. The stark-naked crowd pranced around Mexico City's historic plaza as part of a giant photo shoot orchestrated by New York–based photographer Spencer Tunick, a well-known buff of everything in the buff. More »
June 1964
- JACOBELLIS v. OHIO, 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
  
  FindLaw | Jun 22, 64
  
  MR. JUSTICE STEWART, concurring. It is possible to read the Court's opinion in Roth v. United States and Alberts v. California, 354 U.S. 476 , in a variety of ways. In saying this, I imply no criticism of the Court, which in those cases was faced with the task of trying to define what may be indefinable. I have reached the conclusion, which I think is confirmed at least by negative implication in the Court's decisions since Roth and Alberts, 1 that under the First and Fourteenth Amendments criminal laws in this area are constitutionally limited to hard-core pornography. 2 I shall not today attempt...

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