The Renaissance Nude review – the naked truth?

Royal Academy, London
From monumental goddesses to athletic Adams and Eves, beauty and meaning fight it out in the Renaissance’s nude awakeningSaint Sebastian – golden-haired, flawless – poses in nothing but a wisp of white loincloth. We look up at him, balletic feet in third position, arms casually folded behind his back to show off his perfect physique. There he stands in all his pale beauty, oblivious to the arrow that leaves not a drop of blood in his shapely thigh. He coul