The Awakening (l.e.) (b) Lladro Figurine

In the middle ages, academics invented the concept of nuditas virtualis , the nude in all its modesty and innocence, an idea which soon had artists of all kinds representing the body as the height of absolute beauty, a reflection of superior moral and spiritual character. It was an opportunity for all creative talents to demonstrate their maturity according to the same guidelines. Lladró artists have also learned the lessons of these classic thinkers and have amply demonstrated their maturity with "The Awakening".