Heroic Nudity

I went to the Victoria and Albert museum to have a look at the statues of the human form. It was conventional in ancient Greek art to represent deities and divinized humans (or "heroes") in a state of heroic nudity (or ideal nudity) in paintings and sculpture. Nudity in classical sculpture was used to indicate a sculptures apparently mortal subject was in fact a hero or semi-divine being; the result being a depiction of an idealized, god-like body.

I think the idea of an ‘ideal’ body can definitely be seen today. Porn stars need to be considered to be able to go on forever, to have seemingly endless supplies of energy and everything else that’s needed! PORN STARS ARE OUR NEW HEROES!