The nude figure is a tradition in western art and has been used to express ideals of male and female beauty and other human qualitiesit was a central preoccupation of ancient greek art and after a semi dormant period in the middle ages returned to a central position in western art with the renaissanceathletes dancers and warriors are depicted to express human energy and life and nudes. French art consists of the visual and plastic arts including french architecture woodwork textiles and ceramics originating from the geographical area of francemodern france was the main centre for the european art of the upper paleolithic then left many megalithic monuments and in the iron age many of the most impressive finds of early celtic art.