The nude has been an important genre in Western art for thousands of years, but in China, even with today's widespread acceptance of things Western, most people still find it hard to face an image of a nude body without feeling embarrassed and inhibited.
裸體藝術，這個由希臘人在西元前五世紀所創造的藝術形式，幾千年來一直在西洋美術史上佔有相當的地位；而在我們這個以衣冠文物為精神指標的國度裡，即使到了西潮淹漫的現代，大多數人面對裸像，仍難脫去隱諱、害羞的面紗。