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At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

Mark 1.12, 13

Ed Knippers has been painting nudes on Scriptural themes since the 1970s - allowing the unexpected, and sometimes disturbing, image of the nude body to confront the human disconnection with the stories of Scripture and with our own very nature as embodied.  He says:

The human body is at the center of my artistic imagination because the body is an essential element in the Christian doctrines of Creation, Incarnation, and Resurrection…. Disembodiment is not an option for the Christian.

More here: A modern Christian use of the nude