In the 18th century, painters went to the Academy of Art to learn their trade. To learn to draw figures, they drew nude male models.
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This is not just artistic license: They were supposed to be drawing realistic "life" portraits.
Complete with penis (frontal nudity is legal on a G-rated blog if it's art).
There were flourishing academies in France, Spain, the Netherlands, England, and Italy.
Usually there is no background, but sometimes mythological themes are added.
I wonder what these models did in real life. Were they workmen? The lovers of the artists? Both?
Here's a print of the Academy of Arts examining a male model.
And a rather more buffed one.
Some of these guys would not look out of place in a bathhouse today.
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