The nude paintings originate a separate genre of the fine art the central, formative part of which belongs to the nude human nature. Every artist working in the genre of nude paintings and depicting the nude human body set himself a task to convey his own understanding of the beauty. Talking about nudity we usually mean mostly woman’s body, so it would be true to say that the principal theme of the original paintings for sale created in this refined genre is femininity as well as sensuality and motherhood. Woman’s body is preferable for artists not because of their dislike for men’s but because the weaker gender has such a tremendous plasticity. To explain the reason of the enigmatic attraction that women have, one poetic figure – "the mystery of nature" – should be recalled. The art painting portraying a symbol of harmony will beautify any interior.

It is assumed that the nude paintings appeared as a genre in the Renaissance period. The first art paintings imaging the nude body were merely restricted by the patterns of mythological, historical, allegorical and social subject areas. Giorgione, Titian, Correggio and other artist of that time embodied in their art paintings the ideal notions of female beauty and they often added some philosophical or poetic nuances.

For the Baroque style portly and plump shapes were typically used at the nude paintings. The artists incarnated the charm of young blossoming beauty in their works, pointing up the sensual and sanguineous perception of the surrounding world. One of the most prominent artists representing the nude paintings in the Baroque style was Peter Paul Rubens.

In the 18th century the rococo images were presented in the nude paintings genre. Graceful and coquettish lively forms as well as imbued with sensuality woman’s nature appeared at the art paintings of such artists as Francois Boucher. Later in the 19th century some artists tried to return these classical canons of beauty, but the nude paintings of that time were mostly created as sugary and eclectic original paintings for sale.

Soon after that the genre of nude paintings lost its mythic associations, acquiring its modern character owing to the outstanding creativity of Edouard Manet. The development of the nude paintings continued up to the 20th century, when the artists faced the problem of morality. The discussions according to the existence of boundaries of the erotica in the original paintings for sale created in the genre of the nude paintings entrenched firmly in the European artistic consciousness.

The study of art and aesthetics is still searching for the clear criteria for moral acceptability of the nude paintings by analyzing different samples of various art levels, but since the days of ancient Greece the beauty of the human body remains one of the most powerful inspirational sources for creators of the art paintings. The attrahent fascination of the nude body still occupies the primary place at the original paintings for sale created by modern artists.