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“There is no man on Earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape of man might be” – Albrecht Dürer.

The study and depiction of the human body has always been an important topic in art history, from the primitive forms of Venus of Willendorf to the erotic ornamental paintings of Gustav Klimt. Francisco Goya began to erase the boundaries between realistic nudity and nudity as a form of artistic expression with his works “The Clothed Maja” and “The Nude Maja”. This idea was further developed in Impressionist works by Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas and Gustave Courbet. These …