battesimo purificazione | ©2005 Allio

battesimo purificazione  | una giorna con Sonia nuda

art medium: digital pixel-based imaging

visual symbolism/semiotics *
nudity: a symbolic condition of innocence
cleanse: wash by rinsing or flooding with water
lack of eye contact: dismissal of the viewer

Baptism is a ritualized process of cleaning the flesh. By religious law, anyone being baptized
must enter running water naked. Although the officiant could be clothed or unclothed,
the necessity of purification required that they not touch the body being baptized
as immersion in living water occurred. Nudity was foundational to the symbology
of the baptism ritual.
 references:
  Leviticus 15:13 – bathe the body in running water and it will become clean
  Acts 8:12 – men and women alike were baptized

Fierce Sonia
collaborative artist | photomodel | nude muse

four special recognition artworks in 49 exhibitions/publications

©2005 Allio

battesimo rinascita | ©2005 Allio

battesimo rinascita  | una giorna con Sonia nuda

art medium: digital pixel-based imaging

visual symbolism/semiotics *
nudity: a symbolic condition of innocence
lifting arms: expressing open exuberance and joy
hydromancy: divination by water or other liquid

Baptism is a ritualized process of cleaning the flesh. By religious law, anyone being baptized
must enter running water naked. Although the officiant could be clothed or unclothed,
the necessity of purification required that they not touch the body being baptized
as immersion in living water occurred. Nudity was foundational to the symbology
of the baptism ritual.
 references:
  Leviticus 15:13 – bathe the body in running water and it will become clean
  Acts 8:12 – men and women alike were baptized

Fierce Sonia
collaborative artist | photomodel | nude muse

four special recognition artworks in 49 exhibitions/publications

©2005 Allio